Phytochemical Screening and Anti-plasmodial Activity of <i>Balsamodendron africanum</i> (A. Rich) (Burseraceae)

Abdurrahman Siraj Abubakar; Oumar Al-Mubarak Adoum; Yusuf Hassan; Bello Ibrahim

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Phytochemical Screening and Anti-plasmodial Activity of Balsamodendron africanum (A. Rich) (Burseraceae)

Abdurrahman Siraj Abubakar, Oumar Al-Mubarak Adoum, Yusuf Hassan, Bello Ibrahim

Published in American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (Volume 4, Issue 6)

Received: 19 September 2016 Accepted: 17 October 2016 Published: 16 January 2017

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Abstract

Balsamodendron africanum was popularly known to be present within tropical Africa and some Indian regions. The stem bark extract of the plant was investigated for phytochemical screening and In vitro anti-malarial bioassay using n-hexane, chloroform, ethylacetate and methanol solvent fractions. The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, saponins anthraquinones and carbohydrates. The bioassay results showed that, n-hexane fraction have the highest percentage of parasite elimination of 91.8% at 5000µg/ml lower than the standard anti-malarial drug (artemesinin combine treatment) with 92.8% at 5000µg/ml concentrations. Thus, it can be concluded that, further research on the plant may lead to the discovery of new potential anti-malarial drug in near future.

Published in	American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (Volume 4, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.bio.20160406.12
Page(s)	65-69
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Balsamodendron africanum, Anti-malaria, in vitro Bioassay, Phytochemical Screening

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Abdurrahman Siraj Abubakar; Oumar Al-Mubarak Adoum; Yusuf Hassan; Bello Ibrahim. Phytochemical Screening and Anti-plasmodial Activity of Balsamodendron africanum (A. Rich) (Burseraceae). Am. J. BioSci. Bioeng. 2017, 4(6), 65-69. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20160406.12

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Abdurrahman Siraj Abubakar, Oumar Al-Mubarak Adoum, Yusuf Hassan, Bello Ibrahim. Phytochemical Screening and Anti-plasmodial Activity of Balsamodendron africanum (A. Rich) (Burseraceae). Am J BioSci Bioeng. 2017;4(6):65-69. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20160406.12

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Abdurrahman Siraj Abubakar

Bioresources Development centre Katsina, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja-Nigeria
Oumar Al-Mubarak Adoum

Department of Chemistry, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria
Yusuf Hassan

Department of Chemistry, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Katsina, Katsina, Nigeria
Bello Ibrahim

Bioresources Development centre Katsina, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja-Nigeria

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Abdurrahman Siraj Abubakar, Oumar Al-Mubarak Adoum, Yusuf Hassan, Bello Ibrahim. Phytochemical Screening and Anti-plasmodial Activity of Balsamodendron africanum (A. Rich) (Burseraceae). Am J BioSci Bioeng. 2017;4(6):65-69. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20160406.12

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