Antiplasmodial and Genotoxic Study of Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants.

Selorme AdukpoDoris ElewosiRichard Harry AsmahAlexander K NyarkoPatrick Kwaku EkpeDominic Adotei EdohMichael Fokuo Ofori

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2020)

This study demonstrates that the crude extract of A. hispidum DC, one of the plants used traditionally to treat malaria, inhibits the growth of P. falciparum in vitro and could be a potential source of antimalarial drug. The report has highlighted genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of the selected plant extracts on human leukocytes as well.

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emergency department
dendritic cells