Research Article
Antiplasmodial and Genotoxic Study of Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants
Table 1
IC50 of extracts on the growth of two laboratory strains of Plasmodium falciparum.
| | EXTRACT | Mean IC50 (µg/ml) of extracts on Dd2 | Mean IC50 (µg/ml) of extracts on 3D7 | value |
| | Acanthospermum hispidium DC | 3.70 ± 0.08 | 3.66 ± 0.06 | 0.70 | | Alstonia boonei (De Wild) | 3.62 ± 0.20 | 5.47 ± 0.02 | 0.79 | | Senna siamea Lam | 4.47 ± 0.11 | 3.95 ± 0.06 | 0.13 | | Murinda lucida Benth | 6.47 ± 0.12 | 5.50 ± 0.06 | 0.52 | | Phyllanthus niruri L | 5.74 ± 0.20 | 5.47 ± 0.02 | 0.57 | | Artesunate | 0.006 ± 0.0004 | 0.006 ± 0.0003 | 0.85 |
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The table shows the IC50 of the various extracts. The results are presented as mean ± 2 standard deviations.
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