Table 2.
In vitro antimalarial activity of Ziziphus nummularia stem bark against MRC-01 and RKL-09 strains of Plasmodium falciparum
Plant name | Extract | IC50 (µg/mL)a | RId | |
---|---|---|---|---|
MRC-02b | RKL-09c | |||
Z. nummularia | HAZN | 1.856 | 2.981 | 0.623 |
AZN | 0.130 | 1.191 | 0.109 | |
Chloroquine | CQ | 0.097 | 0.995 | 0.0975 |
aConcentration corresponding to 50% growth inhibition of the parasite bChloroquine-sensitive strain of P. falciparum, IC50,μg/mL cChloroquine-resistant strain of P. falciparum, IC50, μg/mL dRI = Resistance index (IC50 values of MRC-02 strain/IC50 values against RKL-09)