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Various parts of the plant have been applied for the treatment of hernia, rheumatism, pain, lumbago, malaria, etc. The study seeks to evaluate the phytochemical constituents, antiplasmodial, and ESI-MS scan of bioassay-guided fractions from the methanol extract of the bark of the plant. Aims. The main aim of the study was to carry out bioassay-guided fractionation of the crude methanol extract of Afzelia africana in order to isolate fractions and to evaluate their antiplasmodial activities and ESI-MS fingerprints. Methods. The methods employed include column chromatographic fractionation, phytochemical screening, antiplasmodial activity (malaria SYBER green assay (MSF)), and ESI-MS profile (full ESI-MS scan). Results. The column chromatographic fractionation and phytochemical screening of the plant led to the separation of the following four fractions: 1 (flavonoids, phenolics, glycosides, terpenoids, and steroids), 2 (alkaloids, anthraquinones, flavonoids, phenolics, glycosides, terpenoids, and steroids), 3 (anthraquinones, flavonoids, phenolics, glycosides, terpenoids, and steroids), and 4 (alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolics, glycosides, terpenoids, and steroids). The antiplasmodial activities of the fractions were tested against the 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum with reported stronger activities for 1 (IC50: 0.097\u2009\u00b1\u20090.034\u2009\u03bcg\/mL) and 3 (IC50: 1.43\u2009\u00b1\u20090.072\u2009\u03bcg\/mL), and weaker activities for 2 (IC50: &gt;100\u2009\u03bcg\/mL) and 4 (IC50: 37.09\u2009\u00b1\u20096.14\u2009\u03bcg\/mL). The full ESI-MS fingerprint of fractions 1, 2, 3, and 4 revealed the presence of 14, 24, 34, and 37 major molecular ions or compounds in each fraction, respectively.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2022\/6895560","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,13]],"date-time":"2022-04-13T20:05:09Z","timestamp":1649880309000},"page":"1-11","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Bioassay-Guided Fractionation, ESI-MS Scan, Phytochemical Screening, and Antiplasmodial Activity of Afzelia africana"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2022","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3955-9883","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Bright Yaw","family":"Vigbedor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Basic Sciences, School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, PMB31, Ho, Ghana"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jonathan","family":"Osei-Owusu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, PMB, Somanya, Ghana"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ralph","family":"Kwakye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Basic Sciences, School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, PMB31, Ho, Ghana"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2547-5021","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"David","family":"Neglo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Basic Sciences, School of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, PMB31, Ho, Ghana"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2020.587933"},{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2020.587933"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-0-7020-3935-5.00096-3"},{"key":"4","volume-title":"World Malaria Report for 2019","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2020"},{"key":"5","volume-title":"World Malaria Report for 2018","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2019"},{"key":"6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/dddt.s265602"},{"key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1475-2875-10-144"},{"key":"8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1155\/2018\/1289125"},{"key":"9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/s120709181"},{"key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fphar.2013.00177"},{"issue":"4","key":"11","first-page":"161","article-title":"Standardization and evaluation of herbal drug formulations","volume":"2","author":"P. 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