INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY
Vol 21 No 4, 2010

Antimalarial activity of ethyl acetate extract of Garcinia dulcis kurz stem bark

Gunawan Pamudji Widodo (Faculty of Pharmacy, Setia Budi University. Jl. Letjen Sutoyo, Mojosongo, Surakarta. Telp. 085659062990)
Mamik Ponco Rahayu (Faculty of Pharmacy, Setia Budi University. Jl. Letjen Sutoyo, Mojosongo, Surakarta.)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2010

Abstract

In-vivo antimalarial activity of ethyl acetate extract of Garcinia dulcis Kurz stem  bark  have  been  evaluated  against  Plasmodium  berghei  induced  mice. Antimalarial  test  was  conducted  by  paracitemia  investigation  and  leucocyte counting  of  paracite  induced  mice  blood,  after  oral  administration  of  Garcinia dulcis  stem  bark  extract  dose  of  25  mg,  50  mg,  as  well  as  75  mg/kg  bw.  The highest  antiplasmodial  activity  and  decresing  of  leucocyte  amount  was  showedby  extract  of  dose  of  50  mg/kg  bw.  The  compounds  identified  in  ethyl  acetate extract  of  Garcinia  dulcis  stem  bark  were  flavonoid,  saponin  and  tannin.  The compounds that have antimalarial activity weren’t yet known.Keywords: antimalarial, Garcinia dulcis Kurz, stem bark, paracitemia

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Journal Info

Abbrev

3

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy (ISSN-e: 2338-9486, ISSN-p: 2338-9427), formerly Majalah Farmasi Indonesia (ISSN: 0126-1037). The journal had been established in 1972, and online publication was begun in 2008. Since 2012, the journal has been published in English by Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas ...