BACKGROUND Malaria remains a major health problem worldwide especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, 80% of the population is at risk of contracting the disease. Pregnant mothers and children under five years are the most affected by this disease. Antimalarial drug resistance poses a major threat in the fight against malaria necessitating continuous search for new antimalarial drugs. Due to ...

Indonesia is a tropical country that has biodiversity. One of the biodiversity in availability many medicinal plants. The Indonesian Ministry Health released formulary plants 2017. properties sungkai plant. Sungkai grow most parts Indonesia, including South Sumatra. This plant also often planted yard as shade. Empirically, leaves have been used medicine by various tribes Indonesia. People use b...

Plants are the key source for production of novel therapeutic products new medicines. The biological properties plant species used world wide mainly accountable their secondary metabolites obtained from plants. goal this analysis is to summarize chemical composition and effects genus Sida (Malvaceae) identify potential research opportunities. This draws on literature review scientific journals,...

background & aim: antiplasmodial activity of leaf extract of breynia nivosa was evaluated to ascertain the folkloric claim of its antimalarial activity. experimental: the crude leaf extract (75 – 225 mg/kg), of breynia nivosa was investigated for antiplasmodial activity against chloroquine sensitive plasmodium berghei infections in mice. the antiplasmodial activity during early and establis...

background and purpose: occular toxicity is one of the most important complications of hydroxychloroquine. not any type of treatment has so far been found and recommended for this disorder. the purpose of this study was to report some characteristics of patients with hydroxychloroquine induced retinopathy.    materials and methods: from 107 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and/or systemi...