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Table 6 Antiplasmodial activity of the essential oils (EO) of S. thymbra , M. communis and T. herba-barona

From: Anti-plasmodial and insecticidal activities of the essential oils of aromatic plants growing in the Mediterranean area

EO

D10 IC50(μg/ml)

W2 IC50(μg/ml)

M. communis A

37.3 ± 3.5

28.5 ± 8.9

M. communis B

>50.0

36.5 ± 10.3

M. communis C

21.8 ± 2.2

18.3 ± 12.5

S. thymbra A

26.1 ± 10

11.3 ± 6.5

S. thymbra B

17.5 ± 6.6

9.0 ± 3.3

S. thymbra C

21.3 ± 4.2

9.7 ± 2.8

T. herba-barona A

29.1 ± 6.6

26.2 ± 2.2

T. herba-barona B

29.4 ± 4.9

24.2 ± 7.6

T. herba-barona C

>50.0

28.8 ± 12.2

CQa

0.007 ± 0.0001

0.11 ± 0.04

  1. aCQ: chloroquine; results are the mean ± s.d. of three experiments in duplicate.
  2. A) before flowering; B) during flowering; C) after flowering.