Screening of Mexican medicinal plants for antiprotozoal activity

被引:42
作者
Calzada, F [1 ]
Meckes, M
Cedillo-Rivera, R
Tapia-Contreras, A
Mata, R
机构
[1] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Quim, Dept Farm, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
[2] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Invest Med Farmacol Prod Nat, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
[3] IMSS, Ctr Med Nacl Siglo 21, Hosp Pediat, Unidad Invest Med Enfermedades Infecciosas & Para, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
[4] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Quim, Unidad Plantas Med, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
关键词
antiprotozoal activity; Entamoeba; Giardia; medicinal plants; Mexico;
D O I
10.1076/phbi.36.5.305.4653
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The MeOH extracts from 19 Mexican medicinal plants belonging to different families have been assessed for anriprotozoal activity against Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia. Five plant extracts, derived from Acalypha phleoides, Cnidoscolus tehuacanensis, Geranium niveum, Hellianthella quinquenervis and Teloxys graveolens, were found to possess significant activity against both protozoa, bur were less potent than metronidazole. These findings tend to support the ethnomedical use of the species for the treatment of infectious diarrhoea in Mexican traditional medicine.
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