Antitrypanosomal activities of selected medicinal plants

• Main Authors: Dyary, Hiewa O., Abdul Kadir, Arifah, Kumar Sharma, Reuben Sunil, Abdullah, Rasedee, Md. Sukari, Mohd Aspollah, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin, Ahmad, Zuraini, Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50244/1/2-15.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50244/

The aqueous and ethanolic extracts from four medicinal plants namely Acanthus ilicifolius, Aquilaria malaccensis, Goniothalamus tapis, and Maesa ramentacea, were tested in vitro against Trypanosoma evansi, a hemoprotozoan parasite causing surra in a vast variety of domesticated and wild animals. Th...