| Literature DB >> 15619580 |
M Billo1, A Fournet, P Cabalion, J Waikedre, C Bories, P Loiseau, E Prina, A Rojas de Arias, G Yaluff, C Fourneau, R Hocquemiller.
Abstract
Sixty-seven extracts of 30 medicinal plants traditionally used in New Caledonia or Vanuatu by healers to treat inflammation, fever and in cicatrizing remedies were evaluated in vitro for their antiprotozoal activity against Leishmania donovani, Leishmania amazonensis and Trypanosoma cruzi. Among the selected plants, Pagiantha cerifera was the most active against both Leishmania species; four extracts were active against promastigotes of Leishmania donovani at EC(50) values inferior to 5 microg/ml. Garcinia pedicillata extract had an EC(50) value of 12.5 microg/ml against intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis. Alone Amborella trichopoda reduced by more of 80% the trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi in the blood.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15619580 DOI： 10.1016/j.jep.2004.10.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Ethnopharmacol ISSN： 0378-8741 Impact factor: 4.360