Anti -Plasmodium falciparum activity of Aloe dawei and Justicia betonica

@article{Bbosa2013AntiF,
  title={Anti -Plasmodium falciparum activity of Aloe dawei and Justicia betonica},
  author={Godfrey Sande Bbosa and David B. Kyegombe and Aloysius Lubega and Nathan Lubowa Musisi and Jasper Ogwal-Okeng and Olwa Odyek},
  journal={African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology},
  year={2013},
  volume={7},
  pages={2258-2263}
}
Malaria is a fatal disease caused by different Plasmodium species of parasites and has remained the major killer of humans worldwide especially the children under five years of age and pregnant women. In this study, the anti-Plasmodia activities of the crude leaf ether extracts of Aloe dawei (AD) and Justicia betonica (JB) on Plasmodium falciparum were investigated, with chloroquine diphosphate as a positive control. The results showed that ether extracts of JB had EC50 of 13.36 (95% CI: 8.032… 
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