Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Subject "Antimalarial activity"

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    • Cultivating the African plant Ajuga remota in Belgium and confirming its biological activity against Plasmodium falciparum 

      Kuria, K.A.M.; De Proh, M.; Masengo, W.; Kibwage, IO; Quirynen, L; Maes, L; Janssen, L; Hoogmartens, J.; Laekeman, G.M. (2001)
      Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological investigations led to identification of Ajuga remota Benth (Lamiaceae) as being fre¬quently used in herbal medicine treatment of malaria in Kenya. The antimalarial activity of the ...

    • A new antiplasmodial coumarin from Toddalia asiatica roots 

      Oketch-Rabah, Hellen A.; Mwangi, Julius W.; Lisgarten, John; Mberu, Edward K (a Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of NairobiDepartment of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, 2000)
      A new antiplasmodial coumarin, 5,7-dimethoxy-8-(3'-hydroxy-3'methyl-l'-butene)¬coumarin (1), has been isolated from the roots of Toddalia asiatica. This finding supports the traditional use of this plant for the treatment ...