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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics
In vitro antitrypanosomal activity of ethnopharmacologically selected Beninese plants
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 91, No. 1, Year 2004
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The in vitro antitrypanosomal activity of methylene chloride, methanol and aqueous extracts of the leaves and twigs of five plant species traditionally used in Benin for the treatment of sleeping sickness were evaluated on Trypanosoma brucei brucei and their selectivity was analysed on Leishmania mexicana mexicana and J774 macrophage-like murine cells. The results showed that the four most active extracts had MIC values ≤19μg/ml (Hymenocardia acida twig and leaf, Strychnos spinosa leaf, Trichilia emetica leaf methylene chloride extracts). All these extracts had a lower activity on L. m. mexicana and J774 cells. Determination of the IC50 values of the methylene chloride leaf extracts on two strains of trypanosomes (T. b. brucei and T. b. rhodesiense) and two mammalian cell lines (L6 and J774 cells) showed that all extracts possessed some antitrypanosomal activity with IC50's ranging from 1.5 to 39μg/ml. All were also toxic to the mammalian cells, but usually with higher IC50's. The only exception was the S. spinosa methylene chloride leaf extract which had no toxicity on J774 cells. Although tannins have been identified in most of the species studied, they could not be detected in the most active extracts, just as alkaloids. The presence of flavonoids and quinones may at least in part explain the observed activities of some of the active extracts. © 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hoet, Sara
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Opperdoes, Fred R.
Belgium, Brussels
De Duve Institute
Brun, Reto
Switzerland, Allschwil
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Swiss Tph
Adjakidjé, Victor
Benin, Cotonou
University of Abomey-calavi
Quetin-Leclercq, Joëlle
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Statistics
Citations: 122
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jep.2003.11.008
ISSN:
03788741
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Benin