Research Article

Microbiological and Pharmacological Evaluation of the Micropropagated Rubus liebmannii Medicinal Plant

Table 1

Antiprotozoal activity of ethanol extract and pure compounds from micropropagated Rubus liebmannii.

SampleIC50 (μg mL−1)
E. histolyticaG. lambliaT. vaginalis

Ethanolic extract>10011.75>100
(−)-Epicatechin30.231.531.5
Nigaichigoside F120.52.174.92
Metronidazole1.60.51.0

IC50: 50% Inhibitory concentration; E. histolytica: Entamoeba histolytica;
G. lamblia: Giardia lamblia; T. vaginalis: Trichomonas vaginalis.