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The antimalarial activity of ethanolic stembark extract of Mammea africana was studied in vivo in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei berghei during early ...
43 Afr. J. Trad. CAM (2006) 3 (4): 43 - 49

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Afr. J. Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines www.africanethnomedicines.net

ISSN 0189-6016©2006 ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY OF MAMMEA AFRICANA * 1.

Jude E. Okokon; 2Aniekan E. Udokpoh; 3Grace A. Essiet Dept.of Pharmacology and Toxicology,faculty of Pharmacy,university of Uyo, Uyo, 2 Nigeria, Dept. of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology,faculty of Pharmacy, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria, 3Dept. of Pharmacology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected], Tel: +234-80234-3678

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Abstract The antimalarial activity of ethanolic stembark extract of Mammea africana was studied in vivo in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei berghei during early and established infections.Mammea africana extract(30 – 90mg/kg/day) exhibited a significant (P