Abstract
As a part of the UIC-based ICBG project in Laos, plants were collected based on ethnomedical interviews and evaluated for antimalarial activity. A CHCl3 extract from the vine of Gongronema napalense (Wall.) Decne. (Asclepiadaceae) showed promising anti-malarial activity while exhibiting low levels of cytotoxicity and was thus followed up with further fractionation and biological evaluation. Bioassay-guided fractionation led to the isolation of a new steroidal glycoside, gongroneside A, which showed antimalarial activity in vitro with an IC50 value of 1.60 and 1.39 μM against the Plasmodium falciparum D6 and W2 clones, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 203-210 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Asian Journal of Traditional Medicines |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2008 |
User-Defined Keywords
- Gongronema napalense
- asclepiadaceae
- steroid glycoside
- gongroneside A
- Plasmodium falciparum
- antimalarial activity