Abstract

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON PHYTOMEDICINAL TREATMENT OF MALARIA

Dr. Mohd. Wasiullah, Piyush Yadav*, Mohd. Furquan and Mohit Vishwakarma

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Abstract

Malaria is a devastating and very infectious disease which is known to cause around one million deaths per annum worldwide. This is a lifethreatening disease which is mostly prevalent in Africa. Development of drug resistance by malarial parasites to the conventional antimalarial treating drugs has arisen the exploration of herbal medicines as an alternative. Also, the increasing rate of the use of herbal antimalarial remedies in combination with the conventional anti-malarial treating drugs has inspired researchers to validate any herb and drug interaction effects. This present review paper covers some of natural compounds from plants with anti-plasmodial and anti-malarial properties, belonging to the class of terpenes, limonoids, flavonoids, chromones, xanthones, anthraquinones, miscellaneous and related compounds.

Keywords: Malaria, anti-malarial, anti-plasmodial, herbal medicine, drug resistance.