Table 1. Effect of different concentrations of methanol extracts of some Nigerian savannah plants on motility of T. b. brucei and T. congolense.

 

 

 

 
S / No

 

 

 

 

Plants

 

 

 

 

Part Of Plant

Time  (Min) after which  motility  ceased, reduced drastically  (*)  or reduced  slightly  (**) with different effective concentrations of extracts (mg/ml)

T. b. brucei

T. congolense

4

2

0.4

4

2

0.4

1

Adansonia digitata

Root

55**

-

-

50

-

-

 

 

Leaves

-

-

-

SRM

SRM

-

2

Afzelia africana

Whole plant

40**

-

-

45**

-

-

3

Anchomanes difformis

Rhizome

45

-

-

15**

45**

60**

4

Annona senegalensis

Root

-

-

-

30**

50**

-

5

Anogeissus leiocarpus

Root

50*

-

-

SRM

SRM

-

6

Cassytha sp.

Leaves

25

55

-

55**

-

-

7

Guiera senegalensis

Leaves

NT

NT

NT

SRM

SRM

-

8

Khaya senegalensis

Stem bark

35

-

-

5

35

-

9

Lannea kerstingii

Root

30

-

-

50*

-

-

10

Lawsonia inermis

Leaves

-

-

-

5*

-

-

 

 

Root

SRM

SRM

SRM

NT

NT

NT

11

Magnifera indica

Root

30**

-

-

5**

-

-

12

Mormordica balsamina

Whole plant

55*

-

-

-

-

-

13

Parkia clappertoniana

Root

55

-

-

-

-

-

14

Piliostigma  reticulatum

Leaves

5

-

-

30

-

-

 

 Sterculia setigera

Stem

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

Prosopis  africana

Stem bark

SRM

SRM

-

40

-

-

16

Pseudocedrella kotschi

Stem bark

45*

-

-

55*

-

-

17

Saba florida

whole  plant

-

-

-

NT

NT

NT

18

Securidaca longepedunculata

Root

5

20

50

5

5

30

19

Sterculia setigera

Root

SRM

-

-

SRM

SRM

-

20

Striga spp.

Leaves

40

-

-

10**

45**

-

21

Tamarindus  indica

Stem bark

-

-

-

-

-

-

22

Terminalia avicennioides

Stem bark

10

25

45

10

30

55

23

Vernonia Spp.

Leaves

35**

-

-

SRM

SRM

-

_ = No noticeable effect on motility after 60 minutes; SRM = slightly reduced motility; NT= not tested.