The antimalarial properties of essential oils of the leaves of Malaysian Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour) spreng in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei

• Main Authors: Ramli, Norazsida, Syed Ahmad, Pakeer Oothuman, Bakhtiar, Muhammad Taher
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
• Subjects: QK Botany; QL Zoology; QR355 Virology; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57223/2/IMJM-Vol-16-p067-074.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57223/9/57223_The%20antimalarial%20properties%20of%20essential%20oils_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57223/; http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/Volume%2016%20No%201/IMJM-Vol-16-p067-074.pdf

This study was conducted to evaluate the phytochemical contents and antimalarial properties of the oils extracted from the leaves of Malaysian Plectranthus amboinicus in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei. The essential oils were extracted and prepared by using steam distillation technique and su...