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ArticleScientific reports2024

In vitro antiplasmodial and anticancer analyses of endophytic fungal extracts isolated from selected Nigerian medicinal plants.

David Chinemerem Nwobodo, Nkeoma Nkasi Okoye, Mahasin Sifir Mudkhur, Joseph Chinedu Ikem, Peter Maduabuchi Eze, Festus Basden Chiedu Okoye, Morteza Saki, Charles Okechukwu Esimone

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David Chinemerem NwobodoDepartment of Microbiology, Renaissance University, Enugu, Nigeria. nwobododave@gmail.com.
Nkeoma Nkasi OkoyeDepartment of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Mahasin Sifir MudkhurHealth Department, Al-Hamza General Hospital, Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq.
Joseph Chinedu IkemDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Peter Maduabuchi EzeDepartment of Environmental Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Festus Basden Chiedu OkoyeDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Morteza SakiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. mortezasaki1981@gmail.com.
Charles Okechukwu EsimoneDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

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Abstract

Ethnomedicinal plants are thought to have better prospects of harboring endophytes that produce natural products with pharmacological activities. This study aimed to investigate the antiplasmodial and anticancer properties of secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi from three medicinal plants. The endophytic fungi included Lasiodiplodia theobromae isolated from Cola acuminata, Curvularia lunata Bv4 isolated from Bambusa vulgaris, and Curvularia lunata Eg7 isolated from Elaeis guineensis. The identification of the fungi was based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS-rDNA) sequence. The fungi were subjected to solid-state fermentation and the secondary metabolites were extracted with ethyl acetate. In vitro antiplasmodial screening of extracts was performed using the SYBR green I-based fluorescence assay on the chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strain DD2. The cytotoxicity of the extracts on human red blood cells and Jurkat (leukemia) cells was assessed using the tetrazolium-based colorimetric MTT assay. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis was used to identify the constituents of the fungal extracts. The extract of L. theobromae showed the best antiplasmodial activity against chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum (IC

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AntimalarialsEndophytesPlants, MedicinalPlasmodium falciparumAntineoplastic AgentsAscomycotaFungiHumansJurkat CellsNigeriaAntimalarialsAntineoplastic AgentsAnticancerAntiplasmodialEndophytic fungiGC–MSMalariaPlasmodium falciparum

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