%0 Journal Article
%T n vitro study of antiamoebic effect of methanol extract of mature seeds of Carica papaya on trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica
%A Sujit Kumar Sarker
%A Nilufar Begum
%A Dinesh Mondal
%A Md. Abdullah Siddique
%A Mohammad A. Rashid
%J Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology
%D 2010
%I Bangladesh Pharmacological Society
%X Antiamoebic activity of methanol extract of mature seeds of Carica papaya was tested in vitro on axenic culture of Entamoeba histolytica using metronidazole as a reference amoebicidal agent. The MIC of seed extract was > 62.5 ¦Ìg/mL as compared to < 0.8 ¦Ìg/mL for metronidazole. The present study suggests that the mature seeds of C. papaya have antiamoebic effect but less pronounced than metronidazole.
%K Amoebiasis
%K Entamoeba histolytica
%K Carica papaya
%U http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJP/article/view/5003/4182