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Table 7 Impact of vernolide and vernodalol on the development of early sporogonic stages in vitro

From: Plasmodium transmission blocking activities of Vernonia amygdalina extracts and isolated compounds

Test compounds

Experimenta

Mean ESS counts (95% CI)b

Percentage inhibition of ESS (95% CI)

Vernodalol

1

24 (21–26)

79.3 (77.3–81.4)

2

12 (8–16)

89.7 (86.4–92.9)

3

92 (77–107)

69.3 (64.3–74.3)

Vernolide

1

103 (90–115)

9.4 (0–20.5)

2

79 (63–95)

30.6 (16.7–44.5)

3

201 (182–220)

33 (26.6–39.3)

Solvent control (0.2% DMSO)

1

113 (93–134)

 

2

114 (97–132)

 

3

300 (284–317)

 
  1. Compounds were tested at a concentration of 50 μM.
  2. aEach number represents one experiment conducted with gametocytaemic blood from a different mouse; ESS counts are means from sextuplicate wells.
  3. bMean ESS counts are rounded to the nearest whole numbers.