Evaluation of Antimalarial Activity of Sesquiterpene Lactones of Wild Sudanese Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) through their in vitro Inhibition of Dihydrofolate Reductase (DHFR)

Evaluation of Antimalarial Activity of Sesquiterpene Lactones of Wild Sudanese Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) through their in vitro Inhibition of Dihydrofolate Reductase (DHFR)

Sudan is one of the countries severely afflicted with malaria. The spread of resistance of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum to currently used antimalarial drugs calls for continued efforts to discover new ones. Basil (Ocimum basilicum L), which grows widely as a rainy season wild annual...

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Main Authors: Elhussein, Salah Ahmed, Mabubu, Juma Ibrahim, Osman, Nour Ahmed, Hua, Hongxia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IISTE 2015
Subjects:
Q Science (General)
QD Chemistry
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8812/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8812/1/Evaluation%20of%20Antimalarial%20Activity%20of%20Sesquiterpene%20Lactones%20of%20Wild%20Sudanese%20Basil%20%28Ocimum%20basilicum%20L.%29%20through%20Their%20in%20vitro%20Inhibition%20of%20Dihydrofolate%20Reductase%20%28DHFR%29.pdf

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