Evaluación química y biológica del efecto de extractos de plantas contra Plasmodium berghei / Biological and chemical evaluation of the effect of plant extracts on Plasmodium berghei

RESUMEN

Extracts from thirteen species of plants were evaluated by(r)in vivo(r)antimalarial test against plasmodium berghei effects. Significant activities were observed in the ethyl acetate and aqueous extracts, elaborated of Cedrela tonduzii leaves, Trichilia havanensis and Trichilia americana barks, Neurolaena lobata and liricidia sepium leaves and Duranta repens fruits. Compounds identified include flavanoids, coumarins, mellilotic acid and iridoids which some kind of biodynamic activity has previously been reported. The flavone uercetin 1 purified from C. tonduzii gave strong antimalarial activity, however, its respective glucosides (quercetin 3-glucoside 2 y robinine 7) showed little significant activity