| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a preventive and / or therapeutic agent for Babesia, which can be used as an anti-babessia agent, in particular, a chemotherapeutic drug with few side effects, and has high anti-babessia activity. SOLUTION: Curcuma xanthorrhixa, Curcuma zedoaria, or Phyllanthus niruri) and an anti-babesial agent containing a compound having anti-babesial activity. The active ingredient of the present invention has almost no side effects, and can be used as a preventive and / or therapeutic agent for human or animal Babesia infections. The present invention also includes a method for extracting, purifying, and separating a compound having anti-babesial activity from a plant of Curcuma xanthorisa, Curcuma zedalia, or Filansas nirri. |