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Boenninghausenia albiflora belonging to the family Rutaceae is well known for its medicinal properties in traditional system of medicine. The crude ethanolic extracts of aerial part were tested for in-vitro anti-plasmodial activity against two strains of Plasmodium falciparum: MRC-pf-20 (chloroquine resistant strain) and MRC-pf-303 (chloroquine sensitive strain), using the parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) assay. Crude ethanolic extracts showed good anti-plasmodial activity in vitro (IC50 ≤ 50 μgml-1). It showed promising anti-plasmodial activity with an IC50 = 22.18μgml-1 on MRC-pf-20 strain and IC50 = 27.43μgml-1 on MRC-pf-303 strain. Crude ethanolic extracts were be further fractionated by partitioning in water and dichloromethane. The dichloromethane fraction revealed stronger anti-plasmodial activity than crude ethanolic extracts. The dichloromethane extract of B. albiflora showed promising anti-plasmodial activity with an IC50 = 12.32 μgml-1 on MRC-pf-20 strain and IC50 = 17.41 μgml-1 on MRC-pf-303 strain. Therefore, there is need to continue the extensive study including isolation and identification of the active compound and their invitro and invivo activity.

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Boenninghausenia albiflora Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Anti-malarial activity

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Alam, M. F., Safhi, M., & Chopra, A. K. (2011). In vitro anti-malarial activity of aerial part of Boenninghausenia albiflora. Environment Conservation Journal, 12(3), 7–11. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2011.120302
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