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Antimalarial Effects of Areca catechu L.  

Jiang, Jing-Hua (Department of Infection Biology, Zoonosis Research Center, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
Jung, Suk-Yul (Department of Infection Biology, Zoonosis Research Center, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
Kim, Youn-Chul (College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University)
Shin, Sae-Ron (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Yu, Seung-Taek (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Park, Hyun (Department of Infection Biology, Zoonosis Research Center, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.23, no.2, 2009 , pp. 494-498 More about this Journal
Abstract
The emergence and spread of drug-resistant malaria parasites is a serious public health problem in the tropical world. Useful antimalarial drugs such as chloroquine have resistance in the world now. Moreover, other antimalarialdrugs such as mefloquine, halofantrine, atovaquone, proguanil, artemether and lumefantrine retain efficacy but have limitations, one of which is their high cost. New antimalarial drugs are clearly needed now. Cytotoxicity assay and susceptibility assay were performed for the selectivity of herb extracts in vitro. On the basis of high selectivity, 4-day suppressive test and survival test were progressed in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice. The selectivity of Areca catechu L. (ACL) and butanol extract of ACL (ACL-BuOH extract) were 3.4 and 3.0 in vitro, respectively. Moreover in vivo, 4-day suppressive test showed 39.1 % inhibition effect after treated with 150 mg/kg/day ACL-BuOH to P. berghei-infected mice. Survival test also showed 60% survival rate with ACL-BuOH-treated group while all other group mice died. In this study, ACL and ACL-BuOH were investigated for antimalarial activity in vitro and in vivo and they showed a potent antimalarial activity. In particular,ACL-BuOH could specifically lead higher survival rate of mice in vivo. Therefore ACL-BuOH would be a candidate of antimalarial drugs.
Keywords
Areca catechu L.; plasmodium berghei; selectivity; suppressive test;
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