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ArticleAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2009

In vivo efficacy of oral and intraperitoneal administration of extracts of Warburgia ugandensis (Canellaceae) in experimental treatment of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major.

Peter Kamau Ngure, Zipporah Ng'ang'a, Johnstone Ingonga, Geoffrey Rukunga, Willy Kiprotich Tonui

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Article in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter Kamau NgureDaystar University, Science department, 00100, Nairobi. ngure2001us@yahoo.com
Zipporah Ng'ang'a
Johnstone Ingonga
Geoffrey Rukunga
Willy Kiprotich Tonui
Kenya Medical Research Institute · KEDaystar University · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antileishmanial activity of extracts of Warburgia ugandensis Spraque (Canellaceae), a known traditional therapy in Kenya was evaluated in vivo. Treatment of infected BALB/c mice with W. ugandensis extracts orally resulted in a reduction of the size of lesions compared to the untreated control. The lesion sizes differed significantly for the four extracts (p=0.039) compared to the untreated control. For mice treated by intraperitoneal injection, the lesion sizes increased initially for the hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate extracts and healed by day 42. The lesion sizes for mice treated with methanol increased steadily from 2.47mm to 3.57mm. The parasitic burden was significantly higher (p<0.001) in mice treated with methanol extracts and PBS compared to those treated with hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate. This study demonstrated the antileishmanial potential of extracts of W. ugandensis.

Indexed as

MagnoliopsidaAdministration, OralAnimalsFemaleInjections, IntraperitonealKenyaLeishmania majorLeishmaniasis, CutaneousMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPlant ExtractsSkinTrypanocidal AgentsPlant ExtractsTrypanocidal AgentsBALB/cLeishmaniasisWarburgia ugandensis

Identifiers

PMID20209014
PMCPMC2816567
OpenAlexW1966437070

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