As a part of the continuing search for bioactive compounds with the Madagascar International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG)  and in collaboration with the Natural Products Discovery Institute of the Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research (IHVR)  thirteen plant extracts were investigated for antiplasmodial activity  thirteen plant extracts were investigated for antiproliferative activity  and one extract was investigated for inhibitors of the shikimate pathway in Plasmodium falciparum