E Chukwu Onyeneke Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Malaria; Traditional medicine; Medicinal mushroom; Ganoderma lucidum; Liver function; Cytotoxicity
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin-City, Nigeria
Dr. Chukwu Onyeneke was a Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Benin, Benin-City, Nigeria and later he started working on In vivo Evaluation of Antimalarial and Cytotoxic Properties of Crude Aqueous Extract of the Fruiting Body of Medicinal Mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (W.Curt.:Fr.) P. Karst in Plasmodium berghei-Infected Mice
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Author(s): Olarewaju M Oluba, George O Eidangbe, Kayode E Adebisi, Adewale A Odutuga and E Chukwu Onyeneke
In vivo Evaluation of Antimalarial and Cytotoxic Properties of Crude Aqueous Extract of the Fruiting Body of Medicinal Mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum (W.Curt.:Fr.) P. Karst in Plasmodium berghei-Infected Mice
This study was aimed at investigating the in vivo antimalarial and cytotoxic activities of crude aqueous extracts of the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum, a mushroom with well established medicinal properties. Plasmodium berghei (1×107) was inoculated intraperitoneally into Swiss albino mice. The extract was then administered by an intra gastric tube once daily for four days starting from the day of parasite inoculation. Chloroquine (CQ) (used as standard drug)... view moreĀ»