>>>in the Amazonia, an extract prepared from Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC is widely used as antimalarial medicine;
>>Other plant species related to Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC have also been studied several times both, in vivo and in vitro. Water, alcohol, and acetone extracts obtained from Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth., a species native to Cuba, present strong antibacterial properties (Jimenez Misas C.A. & al., 1979). Isoflavones isolated from Desmodium incanum DC also showed antimicrobial properties (Monache G.D. & al., 1996).
>>Water extracts obtained from Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC show a very high activity against leishmania in viscera (Iwu M.M. & al., 1992).
>>In vitro, an alcoholic extract obtained from Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC has a high activity against Ascaris lumbricoides, a human distome parasite (Raj R.K., 1975).