Abstract Background: Malaria is endemic and perennial in all parts of Ghana. Ghana recorded 4,940,270 suspected malaria cases in the first half of the year 2016. This translates into 26,922 as an average daily recorded case of malaria in the country’s health facilities during the period. Methods: This study investigated the antiplasmodial activities of aqueous extracts of the stem barks of Afraegle paniculata, Monanthotaxis trichocarpa, Sterculia setigera and Strychnos innocua as well as ...

Abstract Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities of the methanolic extract of Gmelina arborea fruit (GAF) and stem bark (GASB) on egg-albumin induced inflammation and heated plate metal respectively. Methods: Five hundred grams of each of the pulverised samples was extracted with 90% methanol using soxhlet extractor to produce dense mass of methanolic extracts after distillation and kept in a refrigerator at 4oC until ...