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Mangrove plants as a source of lead compounds for the development of new antiplasmodial drugs from South East coast of India

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Malaria is the world’s leading killer among the infectious diseases. The treatment of malaria is mystified by the challenges of widespread resistance of the malaria parasites to cheap and affordable antimalarial drugs. The present study was made in an attempt to identify the in vitro antiplasmodial activity against mangrove plant parts. (Avicennia marina, Acanthus ilicifolius, Bruguiera cylindrica, Excoecaria agallocha, Rhizophora apiculata, and Rhizophora mucronata mangrove plant extracts exhibited in vitro antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum). Of the selected mangrove plant parts, the bark extract of A. marina exhibited minimum concentration of inhibitory activities IC50 49.63 μg.ml−1. The leaf extract of A. marina, the hypocotyl extract of B. cylindrica, the leaf extract of E. agallocha, the flower extract of R. mucronata, and the hypocotyl extract of R. apiculata showed IC50 values between 50 and 100 μg.ml−1. Statistical analysis reveals that significant antiplasmodial activity (P < 0.05) was observed between the concentrations and time of exposure. The chemical injury to erythrocytes was also carried out, and it shows that there were no morphological changes in erythrocytes by the ethanolic extract of mangrove plants after 48 h of incubation. The in vitro antiplasmodial activity might be due to the presence of alkaloids, carboxylic acids, coumarins, saponins, flavonoids, xanthoproteins, tannins, phenols, sugars, resins, steroids, and proteins in the ethanolic extracts of mangrove plants. It is concluded from the present study that the ethanolic extracts of mangrove plant parts of A. marina possess lead compounds for the development of antiplasmodial drugs.

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The authors are thankful to the authorities of Alagappa University for providing required facilities, and also to the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi for the financial assistance.

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  1. School of Marine Sciences, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Area Studies, Alagappa University, Thondi Campus, Thondi, 623 409, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil, Nadu, India

    Sundaram Ravikumar, Samuel Jacob Inbaneson, Palavesam Suganthi & Malaiyandi Venkatesan

  2. School of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai District, Tamil, Nadu, India

    Andy Ramu

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Ravikumar, S., Jacob Inbaneson, S., Suganthi, P. et al. Mangrove plants as a source of lead compounds for the development of new antiplasmodial drugs from South East coast of India. Parasitol Res 108, 1405–1410 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2184-4

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