Figure 5
Effect of Neocuproine on growth of synchronized P. falciparum parasites. Synchronized parasites at the ring stage were cultured in CDRPMI for 28 h in the presence of graded concentrations of Neocuproine. Each developmental stage was counted after Giemsa staining. Levels of parasitemia were 7.60 ± 0.17 (0 μM Neocuproine), 7.44 ± 0.06 (0.025 μM), 7.63 ± 0.08 (0.1 μM), 7.08 ± 0.59 (0.4 μM), and 6.84 ± 0.37 (1.6 μM). The morphology of the rings observed in the presence of higher concentrations of Neocuproine and the schizonts in the absence of Neocuproine is shown above graph.