EVALUATION OF PLANT-EXTRACTS FOR ANTILEISHMANIAL ACTIVITY USING A MECHANISM-BASED RADIORESPIROMETRIC MICROTECHNIQUE (RAM)

被引:28
作者
IWU, MM [1 ]
JACKSON, JE [1 ]
TALLY, JD [1 ]
KLAYMAN, DL [1 ]
机构
[1] WALTER REED ARMY INST RES, DEPT PARASITOL, DIV EXPTL THERAPEUT, WASHINGTON, DC 20307 USA
关键词
LEISHMANIASIS; GONGRONEMA-LATIFOLIA; DORSTENIA-MULTIRADIATA; PICRALIMA-NITIDA; DESMODIUM-GANGETICUM; COLA-ATTIENSIS;
D O I
10.1055/s-2006-961508
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 [植物学];
摘要
Extracts of eleven plants used in Nigerian traditional medicine have been evaluated for possible antileishmanial activity using a radiorespirometric microtest technique based on in vitro inhibition of catabolism of (CO2)-C-14 from a battery of C-14-substrates by promastigotes. Of 13 methanol extracts tested, 5 from Gongronema latifolia, Dorstenia multiradiata, Picralima nitida, Cola attiensis, and Desmodium gangeticum, were active at concentrations of 50 mug/ml or less against a visceral Leishmania isolate.
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页码:436 / 441
页数:6
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