Levels of Cerebral Malaria Indices, Free radical Scavengers and Preventive Antioxidants in Plasmodiumberghei Infected Mice Treated with Phytochemical Extracts of Phyllanthus amarus Schum and Thonn

Volume 20 No 6 (2022)

Opajobi AO , Onobrudu DA , Ojugbeli ET, Uzuegbu UE , Toloyai PY , Elu C , Oshiegbu W , Onyesom

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.6.NQ22039

Abstract

Cerebral malaria (CM) is one of the deadliest form of severe malaria, caused by prolonged oxidative stress and characterized by neurological dysfunctions. Antioxidant treatment in conjunction with antimalarials could provide an alternate chemotherapeutic pattern to curb oxidative stress associated with CM

Keywords

Anaemia, severe malaria, flavonoids, alkaloids, P. amarus, haematological indices

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