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. 2020 Oct 8;11:561248. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.561248

Table 9.

Antiparasitic activity of Terminalia sp. against pathogenic parasites.

Plant species/part Extraction Procedure Pathogenic parasites Antiparasitic activity Reference
Terminalia albida Scott-Elliot bark Methanol extraction P. falciparum IC50 = 1.5 µg/mL (Camara et al., 2019)
Methanol extraction P. berghei In vivo, Terminalia albida Scott-Elliot treatment
increased survival rates in P. berghei-infected mice.
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. bark Methanol in a Soxhlet’s apparatus H. contortus ova IC50 = 645.65 µg/mL (Bachaya et al., 2009)
Methanol in a Soxhlet’s apparatus H. contortus larva IC50 = 467.74 µg/mL
Terminalia avicennioides Guill. & Perr. bark Powder form P. berghei Inhibition of the malaria in infected mice (Owoloye et al., 2019)
Terminalia catappa L. fruit Ethanol extraction P. posthuman At 60 mg/ml; death time = 28 min (Ingole et al., 2019)
Terminalia catappa L. leaf Ethanol extraction F. cobboldi Motility inhibition within 3 h (Anuracpreeda et al., 2016)
Butanol extraction C. spatiosus LC50 = 487.17 ppm. (Minsakorn et al., 2019)
Ethyl acetate extraction P. falciparum IC50 = 3.05 µg/mL (Abiodun et al., 2011)
Ethyl acetate extraction T. brucei rhodesiense IC50 = 7.80 µg/mL (Abiodun et al., 2012)
Terminalia ferdinandiana Exell fruit Aqueous extraction G. duodenalis IC50 = 140 µg/mL (Rayan et al., 2015)
Terminalia ferdinandiana Exell fruit pulp G. duodenalis LC50 = 1,150 µg/mL (Cock and Rayan, 2020)
Terminalia mantaly H. Perrier leaf Aqueous extraction P. falciparum IC50 = 2.09 µg/mL (Mbouna et al., 2018)
Terminalia mantaly H. Perrier root Methanol extraction P. falciparum IC50 = 7.01 µg/mL (Mbouna et al., 2018)
Methanol extraction P. falciparum IC50 = 10.11 µg/mL (Mbosso Teinkela et al., 2019)
Hexane fraction Trypanosoma brucei brucei IC50 = 5.60 µg/mL
Terminalia mantaly H. Perrier stem Methanol extraction P. falciparum IC50 = 3.63 µg/mL (Mbouna et al., 2018)
Terminalia paniculata Roth root Ethanol in a Soxhlet’s apparatus P. posthuma 25 mg/ml; death time = 87 min (Acharyya and Prasenjit Bhuniya, 2019)
Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels leaf Methanol in a Soxhlet’s apparatus Trypanosoma brucei brucei MIC = 1.6 mg/mL (Antia et al., 2009)
Methanol extraction P. falciparum IC50 = 3.38 µg/mL (Mbouna et al., 2018)