Short communication : Anti - malarial activity of n-hexane extract of Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Abstract

The whole plant n-hexane Extract of Sphenostylis stenocarpa was evaluated for its antimalarial properties against plasmodium falciparum parasite. Bioactivity-guided column chromatography of the crude n-hexane extract led to the selection of a fraction labeled using 100% n-hexane. The fraction was tasted using arthemether – Lumefentrin as positive control against plasmodium falciparum parasite and demonstrated percentage elimination of 75, 68, 58 and 45 at 0.01, 0.00.5, 0.0025 and 0.00125 mg/cm3
respectively.