plant extracts against P. falciparum and Babesia gibsoni

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J Vet Med Sci. 2005 Aug;67(8):829-31.

Evaluation of the inhibitory activities of the extracts of

Indonesian traditional medicinal plants against Plasmodium

falciparum and Babesia gibsoni.

Murnigsih T, Subeki, Matsuura H, Takahashi K, Yamasaki M, Yamato O,

Maede Y, Katakura K, Suzuki M, Kobayashi S, Chairul, Yoshihara T.

Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture,

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

Twenty-four kinds of water extracts derived from 22 plants that are

traditionally used for the treatment of malaria on Java Island,

Indonesia, were screened for their antibabesial and antimalarial

activities. Among the extracts, 8 extracts displayed strong

antimalarial activity, with an inhibition range from 89.6 to 100%,

and 15 showed strong antibabesial activity, with an inhibition range

from 84.2 to 98.1%. The extracts of Achillea millefolium, Baeckea

frutenscens, Brucea javanica, Curcuma xanthorrhiza, Strychnos lucida

and Swietenia macrophylla showed both strong antibabesial and

antimalarial activities. The antimalarial activities paralleled the

antibabesial activities, but the converse was not true.

NOTE: Some of these items are available for purchase online, however

I cannot vouch for any of these vendors, having never used them.

Achillea millefolium extract:

http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred/GreenCanyon/questp101592/r04

Brucea javanica:

http://www.kalyx.com/store/proddetail.cfm/ItemID/15094.0/CategoryID/1

3000.0/SubCatID/2850.0/file.htm

Curcuma xanthorrhiza:

http://www.tropilab.com/tumulawaktincture.html