Protozoocidal activity

In a screening for protozoocidal activity of Spanish medicinal plants, B. rigidum has been selected as one of the most promising extracts against parasites [62]. 

The protozoocidal activity of quinone derivatives was evaluated in vitro against Plasmodium, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, Trichomonas and Toxoplasma. Malaria is a major tropical diseases which kills two million people annually. The population at risk from this disease has increased... 

For Latin American countries comprising Amazonian areas, development of their vast wilderness regions has become a national priority. The family Compositae has been widely used as medicinal plants in Latin American and their antiparasitic properties are well known. Reports on the protozoocidal activity of the genus Baccharis, a member of the Compositae, are recorded in the literature. Rojas de Arias et al. [97] investigated the trypanocidal effect of crude extracts of some Paraguayan Compositae on the bloodstream forms of... 

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