International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy
Table 1 IC50 values of the plant extracts against 3D7 and RKL-9 strains of P. falciparum
Sl. No. | Samples | IC50a (μg/ml) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Plant | Solvent for extraction | 3D7 | RKL-9 | |
1 | C. maxima | Petroleum ether (PE) | 27.25 ± 1.52 | 42.70 ± 0.14 |
Chloroform (Chlor) | 7.20 ± 0.16 | 11.74 ± 0.01 | ||
Ethyl acetate (EA) | 5.87 ± 0.19 | 6.19 ± 0.22 | ||
Methanol (ME) | 3.52 ± 0.32 | 4.52 ± 0.19 | ||
Hydro-alcoholic (HA) | 3.41 ± 0.31 | 4.45 ± 0.10 | ||
Remedy (REM) | 20.77 ± 1.30 | 31.19 ± 2.29 | ||
2 | A. nilagirica | Petroleum ether (PE) | 14.24 ± 0.25 | 18.65 ± 0.67 |
Chloroform (Chlor) | 11.61 ± 1.26 | 14.51 ± 0.26 | ||
Ethyl acetate (EA) | 5.22 ± 0.14 | 5.75 ± 0.23 | ||
Methanol (ME) | 3.28 ± 0.08 | 3.81 ± 0.34 | ||
Hydro-alcoholic (HA) | 3.41 ± 0.11 | 5.51 ± 0.39 | ||
Remedy (REM) | 26.51 ± 1.35 | 37.86 ± 3.17 | ||
3 | Standard drug (Chloroquine phosphate) | 0.54 ± 0.02 | 0.88 ± 0.04 | |