In-vivo antimalarial activity of ethyl acetate extract of Garcinia dulcis Kurz stem bark have been evaluated against Plasmodium berghei induced mice. Antimalarial test was conducted by paracitemia investigation and leucocyte counting of paracite induced mice blood, after oral administration of Garcinia dulcis stem bark extract dose of 25 mg, 50 mg, as well as 75 mg/kg bw. The highest anti plasm…
Abstract: Malarial parasite, Plasmodium, has been reported resistant to commonly used antimalarial drugs, such as chloroquin. Plants of Artocarpus genus are known to have high content of flavonoids. One of interesting bioactivitics of Artocarpus flavonoids is their antimalarial activity. This research is to investigate the potency of secondary mctabolites in the heartwood and root bark of Artoc…