April 2015

In vitro and in vivo antiplasmodial activity of extracts of selected Kenyan medicinal plants

Malaria is one of the most important parasitic diseases in the world. It remains a major public health problem in Africa and is responsible for the annual death of over one million children below the age of five years. The Plasmodium falciparum is the most widespread etiological agent for human malaria and has become increasingly resistant to standard antimalarial drugs. Therefore, this necessitates a continuous effort...

Author(s): P. Jeruto, R. M. Nyangacha and C. Mutai