Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3835

Full Length Research Paper

Towards accomplishing the roll back malaria initiative: Phytochemical screening and antimalarial activity of ethanolic leaf extract of Ricinus communis L. (Euphorbiaceae)

Abdulhamid Ahmed
  • Abdulhamid Ahmed
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria.
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Mansur Liadi Yusuf
  • Mansur Liadi Yusuf
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria.
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Sulaiman Sani Kankara
  • Sulaiman Sani Kankara
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria.
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Umar Lawal
  • Umar Lawal
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 28 May 2018
  •  Accepted: 18 June 2018
  •  Published: 10 July 2018

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