| macrofilaricidal and microfilaricidal effects of neurolaena lobata, a guatemalan medicinal plant, on brugia pahangi. | twelve extracts of 11 guatemalan medicinal plants were initially screened in vitro for potential macrofilaricidal activity against brugia pahangi, a lymphatic dwelling filarial worm, using concentrations from 125 to 1000 microg ml(-1) of each extract that could be dissolved in the culture medium. of 12 extracts used, the ethanol extract of leaves of neurolaena lobata showed the strongest activity against the motility of adult worms. subsequently, the extract of n. lobata was extensively examined ... | 2005 | 15831109 |