EXPLORING THE ANTIPARASITIC ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

Abstract

Parasitic disease is one of the most important challenges impacting a large number of people. Worldwide, more than three billion cases of parasitic disease are reported yearly. Due to the resistance of parasite to the synthetic drugs, it is necessary to search for alternative sources. Plants contain different phytoconstituents with different biological activities.  Many previous researches showed that many plants exerted antiparasitic activity due to its secondary metabolites. This review highlights the antiparasitic effects of different medicinal plants and mentions the mode of action of different phytochemicals against parasites. In conclusion, the medicinal plants play a vital role as antiparasitic agents, but further studies are needed to isolate and test the active constituents of the medicinal plants as antiparasitic agents targeting to enter the drug discoveryarea.  Peer Review History: Received 20 July 2020; Revised 11 August; Accepted 26 August, Available online 15 September 2020 UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency. Received file Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 5.5/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 7.0/10 Reviewer(s) detail: Name: Marwa  A. A. Fayed Affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sadat City, Egypt E-mail: maafayed@gmail.com   Name: Dr. Mahmut Yıldıztekin Affiliation: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey E-mail: mahmutyildiztekin@mu.edu.tr   Comments of reviewer(s): Similar Articles: A STUDY ON DIFFERENT PLANTS OF APOCYNACEAE FAMILY AND THEIR MEDICINAL USES A REVIEW ON MEDICINAL USES OF DIFFERENT PLANTS OF EUPHORBIACEAE FAMILY