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ArticleJournal of tropical medicine2015

Protective Effect of Aqueous Crude Extract of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Leaves on Plasmodium berghei-Induced Renal Damage in Mice.

Voravuth Somsak, Sukanya Chachiyo, Ubonwan Jaihan, Somrudee Nakinchat

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Article in Journal of tropical medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Voravuth SomsakDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, Western University, Kanchanaburi 71170, Thailand.
Sukanya ChachiyoDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, Western University, Kanchanaburi 71170, Thailand.
Ubonwan JaihanDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, Western University, Kanchanaburi 71170, Thailand.
Somrudee NakinchatDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, Western University, Kanchanaburi 71170, Thailand.
Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University · TH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is a major public health problem in the world because it can cause of death in patients. Malaria-associated renal injury is associated with 45% of mortality in adult patients hospitalized with severe form of the disease. Therefore, new plant extracts to protect against renal injury induced by malaria infection are urgently needed. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of aqueous crude extract of Azadirachta indica (neem) leaves on renal injury induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection in mice. ICR mice were injected intraperitoneally with 1 × 10(7) parasitized erythrocytes of PbANKA, and neem extracts (500, 1,000, and 2,000 mg/kg) were given orally for 4 consecutive days. Plasma blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine levels were subsequently measured. Malaria-induced renal injury was evidenced as marked increases of BUN and creatinine levels. However, the oral administration of neem leaf extract to PbANKA infected mice for 4 days brought back BUN and creatinine levels to near normalcy, and the highest activity was observed at doses of 1,000 and 2,000 mg/kg. Additionally, no toxic effects were found in normal mice treated with this extract. Hence, neem leaf extract can be considered a potential candidate for protection against renal injury induced by malaria.

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