Antiprotozoal activities of Vincetoxicum stocksii and Carum copticum
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The antileishmanial and antimalarial activities of different fractions of Vincetoxicum stocksii, Carum copticum, Gentiana olivierii and Zygophyllum fabago were determined. Amongst these, V. stocksii and C. copticum showed moderate to good antimalarial activity. The ethyl acetate fractions of C. copticum and hexane fraction of V. stocksii showed 94 % and 52% inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum (D6 Clone) respectively. The hexane ethyl acetate fraction of C. copticum V. stocksi exhibited antileishmanial activity against, Leishmania donovani promastigotes with IC50 of 30 μg/mL and 51 g/mL, respectively. Article Info Received: 23 August 2011 Accepted: 26 August 2011 Available Online: 10 September 2011
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