Retarded development of exoerythrocytic stages of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei in human hepatoma cells by extracts from Dioncophyllaceaea and Ancistrocladaceae species

G François, T Steenackers, G Timperman, L Aké Assi, RD Haller, S Bär, MA Isahakia, SA Robertson, C Zhao, NJ De Souza, J Holenz, G Bringmann

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    Abstract

    Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid-containing extracts (10 mu g ml(-1)) of species belonging to the Dioncophyllaceae and the Ancistrocladaceae, 2 small tropical plant families, display pronounced in vitro activities against exoerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium berghei (Anka), developing in human hepatoma cells (Hep G2). The highest activities were obtained with CH2Cl2 root and bark extracts, and a CH2Cl2/NH3 leaf extract from Triphyophyllum peltatum, a CH2Cl2/NH3 root extract from Ancistrocladus abbreviatus, and a CH2Cl2 leaf extract from A. tectorius. The degrees of growth inhibition ranged within 27.7-70.0%. The commercially available drug primaquine diphosphate (25 mu g ml(-1)) caused a comparable effect (62.1%) in the same test system. Copyright (C) 1997 Australian Society for Parasitology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalInternational Journal for Parasitology
    Volume27
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)29-32
    Number of pages4
    ISSN0020-7519
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1997

    Keywords

    • B780-tropical-medicine
    • Protozoology
    • Plasmodium berghei
    • Malaria
    • Protozoal diseases
    • Experimental
    • Hepatoma cells
    • Medicinal plants
    • Chemoprophylaxis

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