Figure 7. Morphological analysis of Plasmodium falciparum with IC₈₀ concentrations of extracts.

Infected erythrocytes were synchronized and live parasites were stained with RNA probe 132A. (A) Images of the Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 strain without any drug treatment at the ring and mature stage (control). (B) Displays the phenotype of extract G-0580-3, and the arrowheads indicate the enlarged food vacuoles at the early stages of the cell cycle.

Reproduced from [78].