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Table 1 Antimalarial properties against P. falciparum K1 and 3D7 strains and the cytotoxicity of extracts and isolated compounds from D. bulbifera

From: Antimalarial properties and molecular docking analysis of compounds from Dioscorea bulbifera L. as new antimalarial agent candidates

Samples

IC50 (μM/nMd)

CC50 (μM)

K1

3D7

Ethanol extractc

15.8 ± 3.18

> 80

>  80

Water extractc

> 80

> 80

>  80

8-Epidiosbulbin E acetate (1)

> 80

> 80

>  80

15,16-Epoxy-6α-O-acetyl-8β-hydroxy-19-nor-clero-13 (16),14-diene-17,12;18,2-diolide (2)

> 80

> 80

>  80

Sitosterol-β-D-glucoside (3)

> 80

> 80

>  80

3,5-Dimethoxyquercetin (4)

44.03 ± 1.47a,b

70.79 ± 2.32a,b

>  80

(+)-Catechin (5)

> 80

> 80

>  80

Quercetin (6)

28.47 ± 0.90a,b

50.99 ± 7.28a,b

>  80

Kaempferol (7)

62.45 ± 1.33a,b

> 80

>  80

Allantoin (8)

> 80

> 80

>  80

2,4,3′,5′-Tetrahydroxybibenzyl (9)

39.99 ± 2.50a,b

58.85 ± 4.31a,b

16.71

2,4,6,7-Tetrahydroxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (10)

58.34 ± 1.96a,b

> 80

>  80

Myricetin (11)

> 80

> 80

>  80

5,7,4′-Trihydroxy-2-styrylchromone (12)

> 80

> 80

>  80

Quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (13)

> 80

> 80

>  80

Quercetin-3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside (14)

48.33 ± 1.21a,b

68.93 ± 4.31a,b

>  80

Chloroquined

103.2 ± 4.50

9.91 ± 0.56

ND

Artesunated

0.53 ± 0.04

1.81 ± 0.19

ND

Doxorubicin

ND

ND

1.96 ± 0.11

  1. ND not determined
  2. aStatistically significant difference between chloroquine and the sample, p < 0.05 (mean ± S.D. of three determinations)
  3. bStatistically significant difference between artesunate and the sample, p < 0.05 (mean ± S.D. of three determinations)
  4. cConcentration of treated samples and IC50 unit expressed in μg/ml
  5. dConcentration of positive control and IC50 unit expressed in nM