Essential oils falciparum

Antimalarial activity. The dried leaf was inactive on Plasmodium falciparum D-6 and W-2, ICjf, greater than 1000 nmols " h Antimycobacterial activity. Essential oil, on agar plate, was active on AntimycO bacterium smegmatis, MIC 0.1 mg/mL 5 Anti-nematodal activity. Water extract of the dried leaf at variable concentrations produced strong activity on Meloidogyne incognita. ... 

Table I. The Main Chemical Constituents and Antiplasmodial Activity of Twenty Essential oils Against Plasmodium falciparum FCM29 strain...

The majority of the essential oils exhibited some degree of aetivity against P. falciparum. Two of the essential oils (C. citratus and L. camara) showed aetivities similar to that of ehloroquine, while none of the 20 Malagasy essential oils exhibited as high aetivity as from quinine. 

An aqueous ethanolic (50%) extract of fresh leaves of H. coronarium from Brazil showed hypotensive [209] and diuretic [216] activities in rat. Leaf essential oil ofH. coronarium had anti-bacterial activity [217]. Stems ofH. coronarium were reported to possess anti-cercarial activity [218]. An ethanolic extract of the stems of H, coronarium showed anti-malarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum and also possessed cytotoxic activity [211]. Petroleum ether extract of the dried entire plants of H. 

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