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Antiplasmodial activity of the n-hexane extract from Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. Ex. Fr) P. Kumm.Ozadheoghene Eriarie Afieroho1, Xavier Siwe Noundou2, Chiazor P Onyia1, Osamuyi H Festus1, Elizabeth C Chukwu1, Olutayo M Adedokun3, Michelle Isaacs4, Heinrich C Hoppe4, Rui WM Krause2, Kio A Abo11Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria2Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa 3Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 4Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa INTRODUCTION: Several mushrooms species have been reported to be nematophagous and anti-protozoan.This study reported the antiplasmodial and cytotoxic properties of the n-hexane extract from the edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus and the isolation of a sterol from the extract Ozadheoghene Eriarie Afieroho, Xavier Siwe Noundou, Chiazor P Onyia, Osamuyi H Festus, Elizabeth C Chukwu, Olutayo M Adedokun, Michelle Isaacs, Heinrich C Hoppe, Rui WM Krause, Kio A Abo. Antiplasmodial activity of the n-hexane extract from Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. Ex. Fr) P. Kumm.. . 2019; 16(1): 0-0 Corresponding Author: Ozadheoghene Eriarie Afieroho, Nigeria |
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