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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Anti-trypanosomal activity of nigerian plants and their constituents.

Ngozi Justina Nwodo, Akachukwu Ibezim, Fidele Ntie-Kang, Michael Umale Adikwu, Chika John Mbah

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. GenusInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  3. Antitrypanosomal and Antileishmanial Activities ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. In Vitro and In Silico Anthelmintic Activity of Extracts ofJournal of parasitology research · 2024
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  11. Antitrypanosomal Effect of Hydromethanolic Extract ofJournal of parasitology research · 2021
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  13. Anti-trypanosomal activity of crude root extract ofJournal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2019
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  16. Biological activities of plant extracts fromSaudi journal of biological sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ngozi Justina NwodoDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria. nwodong@hotmail.com.
Akachukwu IbezimDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria. saintakaben@yahoo.com.
Fidele Ntie-KangDepartment of Chemistry, Chemical and Bioactivity Information Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, P.O. Box 63, Buea 00237, Cameroon. ntiekfidele@gmail.com.
Michael Umale AdikwuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria. adikwum@yahoo.com.
Chika John MbahDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria. cjmbah123@yahoo.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African trypanosomiasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease causing serious risks to the lives of about 60 million people and 48 million cattle globally. Nigerian medicinal plants are known to contain a large variety of chemical structures and some of the plant extracts have been screened for antitrypanosomal activity, in the search for potential new drugs against the illness. We surveyed the literatures on plants and plant-derived products with antitrypanosomal activity from Nigerian flora published from 1990 to 2014. About 90 plants were identified, with 54 compounds as potential active agents and presented by plant families in alphabetical order. This review indicates that the Nigerian flora may be suitable as a starting point in searching for new and more efficient trypanocidal molecules.

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AnimalsCattleDrug DiscoveryHumansNigeriaPlant ExtractsPlantsPlants, MedicinalTrypanocidal AgentsTrypanosomaTrypanosomiasis, AfricanTsetse FliesPlant ExtractsTrypanocidal Agents

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PMID25927903
PMCPMC6272792

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