Research Article

In Vitro Assessment of Antiplasmodial Activity and Cytotoxicity of Polyalthia longifolia Leaf Extracts on Plasmodium falciparum Strain NF54

Table 1

Categorisation of activities of plant extracts against Plasmodium falciparum.

IC50 value (g/ml)Category of activity

< 10Promising
10 – 20Moderate
20 – 40Good
40 – 70Marginally potent
> 70Poor

Source [13].