Extracts of Brassica Oleracea is Suppressive But not Curative for Trypanosomiasis
R. E. Ucheya¹ and J. C. Igweh²¹Department of anatomy, college of medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu campus (Nigeria).
²Department of Physiology, college of medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu campus (Nigeria).
Corresponding Author E-mail:jcigweh@yahoo.com
Abstract: Previously documented anti-trypanosomal activity of Brassica Oleracea was investigated using Methanolic and aqueous extracts on Sprague Dawley rats. The extracts prolonged the duration of live of all infected/treated compared to the infected/untreated rats, but did not provide cure because they all died earlier than the uninfected group. Histological examination of the liver showed minimal pathological changes in the treated group relative to the untreated though trapanosomes.
Keywords: Portal hypertrophy; Trypanosomiasis; Enugu; Liver Back to TOC