Health
Soursop Leaf Can Cure Malaria- Researcher
This may be cheering news to those prone to malaria as Mr Nwonuma Obiora of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, has said that Soursop leaf contains some curative anti-malaria substances that can be used to treat the ailment.
Obiora, who stated this while defending his Ph.D. thesis on Tuesday in Ilorin, explained that the Soursop leaf extract could cure malaria and that the level of toxin is very minimal.
Soursop is native to the warm and tropical regions of the Americas that goes by scientific name Annona muricata.
He explained that “studies have shown that more Africans have died of malaria than COVID-19, adding “we need anti-malaria drugs because this is actually targeted towards drug discovery”.
Obiora maintained that the advantages of his discovery included the fact that it was safe for use, effective, cheap, affordable and cannot be resistant to plasmodium parasites.
He however recommended that further research should be carried out on the plant, using pure compounds that he discovered in his findings.
Obiora pointed out that three compounds were actually predicted to be responsible for the anti-malaria effects.
According to him, “The compounds can exhibit anti-malaria properties, and this is a breakthrough to the list of anti-malaria drugs available in the market.”
GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the discovery is coming in the wake of the approval of a vaccine against malaria by the World Health Organisation, WHO.
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