Polyalthia longifolia: A Potential Antimalaria and Antipyretic Remedy - Investigating the antiplasmodial and antipyretic activities of Polyalthia longifolia var pendula (Annonaceae)
- Polyalthia longifolia var
- Pendula is used as a folkloric remedy for the treatment of malaria and fever in tropical and subtropical regions of the world
- The objective of this study is to investigate the antiplasmodial and antipyretic activities of Polyalthia longifolia var
- Pendula and thus justify its use as an effective remedy for malaria and fever
- It also describes the isolation and characterization of active constituents from the plant
- The crude methanol extracts of the leaves
- Stem bark and roots of the plant were assessed for antiplasmodial and antipyretic activities
- The antiplasmodial activities of the extracts and isolated compounds were performed using the WHO Mark III Microtest assay
- The extracts were tested in vitro against the chloroquine sensitive 3D7 strain of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite in continuous culture
- The extracts were prepared at concentrations ranging between 0
