Antimalarial Activity of Methanolic Leaf Extract of Piper betle L.

The need for new compounds active against malaria parasites is made more urgent by the rapid spread of drug-resistance to available antimalarial drugs. The crude methanol extract of Piper betle leaves (50–400 mg/kg) was investigated for its antimalarial activity against Plasmodium berghei (NK65) dur...

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Main Authors: Adel A. Amran, Rohela Mahmud, Zurainee M. Nor, Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi, Abdulelah H. Al-Adhroey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-12-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/1/107/