Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria in Embu County, Kenya

Table 1

Percentage yields of studied plant extracts.

Plant (part used)	Voucher specimen no.	Extraction solvent	% yield
Terminalia brownii Fresen. (leaf)	BWW001	H2O	4.52
		MEOH	1.53
		DCM	0.66
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. Ex DC. (stem bark)	BWW002	H2O	5
		MEOH	2
		DCM	1.33
Schkuhria pinnata (Lam.) Kuntze (whole plant)	BWW003	H2O	9.62
		MEOH	4.66
		DCM	2.61
Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. (leaf)	BWW004	H2O	9.86
		MEOH	6.66
		DCM	3.33
Leonotis mollissima Gurke (leaf)	BWW005	H2O	9.87
		MEOH	6.33
		DCM	2.37
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray (flower)	BWW006	H2O	8.66
		MEOH	5.92
		DCM	1.36
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray (leaf)	BWW006	H2O	11.51
		MEOH	5.25
		DCM	1.34
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby (pods)	BWW007	H2O	9.06
		MEOH	5.06
		DCM	1.43
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby (leaf)	BWW007	H2O	11.14
		MEOH	5.75
		DCM	1.33
Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl (leaf)	BWW008	H2O	7.86
		MEOH	4.54
		DCM	2.34
Sterculia africana (Lour.) Fiori (stem bark)	BWW009	H2O	8.03
		MEOH	3.45
		DCM	1.66