Download or read book Drug Development and Conservation of Biodiversity in West and Central Africa: Performance of Neurochemical and Radio Receptor Assays of Plant Extracts Drug Discovery for the Central Nervous System written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrust of the CNS assay panel was to identify plant extracts that display moderate to high affinity for selected molecular targets. Target selection was based identifying active plant extracts that would be useful for one or more neuropsyschiatric disorders. We completed a screen for 102 samples belonging to 43 plants. 41 showed activity at one or more CNS targets. Phytochemical studies have been initiated on several active extracts. A total of 12 plants samples which have tested positive for antiplasmodial activity were collected in bulk quantities for detailed phytochemical investigations into antimalarial and trypanocidal activity.