Prophylactic and Curative Potency of Alchornea laxiflora Extract on Plasmodium berghei Infected Swiss Albino Mice

Authors
FO Omoya, AB Oloruntuyi

Lab
Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

Journal
International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health

Abstract
Malaria is one of the most important infectious diseases in Nigeria and in Africa at large as everyone is at risk of the infection. Objectives: This study was carried out to evaluate the antiplasmodial activity of Alchornea laxiflora leaf extracts against Plasmodium berghei infected mice.