Antifilarial and antibiotic activities of Methanolic extracts of Melaleuca cajuputi flowers

• Main Authors: Al-Abd, N.M., Zurainee, M.N., Mansor, M., Hasan, M.S., Kassim, M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Korean Society of Parasitology 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18181/; https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.3.273

We evaluated the activity of methanolic extracts of Melaleuca cajuputi flowers against the filarial worm Brugia pahangi and its bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. Anti-Wolbachia activity was measured in worms and in Aedes albopictus Aa23 cells by PCR, electron microscopy, and other biological assays....