EFFECTS OF MORINDA-LUCIDA LEAF EXTRACT ON TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI INFECTION IN MICE
EFFECTS OF MORINDA-LUCIDA LEAF EXTRACT ON TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI INFECTION IN MICE
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DOI:
10.1016/0378-8741(90)90109-7
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发表时间:
1990-10-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
CHINEME, CN
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作者:
ASUZU, IU;CHINEME, CN
The dried leaves of Morinda lucida were extracted with 50% methanol and the extract was recovered in a 9.7% w/w yield. Acute toxicity tests were performed in mice and the intraperitoneal LD50 of the extract was 2000 mg/kg. The extract induced purgation in mice from the first hour after oral administration and reached its peak between the third and fourth hour. The purgation was not dose-dependent. M. lucida leaf extract i.p. significantly suppressed the level of parasitemia after Trypanosoma brucei infection in mice. Suppression of existing parsitemia appeared dose-dependent with 1000 mg/kg i.p. producing the maximum effect. The best trypanocidal activity was obtained when treatment with M. lucida extract commenced simultaneously with trypanosome inhibition.