Treatment IC50(µg/ml) DNA µg/ml
Mean +/- SD*
% Concentrat ion % Decrease RNA µg/ml
Mean +/- SD*
% Concentr ation % Decrease Total Nucleic acid  (DNA& RNA)
µg/ml Mean +/- SD*
% Concentration % Decrease
Control --- 1.73 ±33.0a 100 --- 0.1 ±74.0a 100 --- 0.57 ±107.0a 100 ---
E. arvense 1.5 2.8 ±30.0b 90.9 9.1 2.7 ±50.5b 67.5 32.5 2.8 ±80.0b 74.7 25.3
U. Piluifera dissolve in Cold water 1 2.8 ±23.0 c 69.6 30.4 2.7 ±50.0 c 67.5 32.5 3.2 ±73.0 c 68.2 31.8
U. Piluifera dissolve in Cold &
Hot water
1 0.02 ±22.3 d 67.5 32.5 2.8 ±46.6 d 62.9 37.1 4.1 ±68.9 d 64.3 35.7
Table 6: Effect of IC50 of E. arvense and U. Piluifera dissolve in Cold & Hot water on the amount of nucleic acid (µg/ml) of L. tropica promastigotes at log-phase (96 hrs).