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Antiviral activities of selected Chinese medicinal plants
Medicinal plants in Yunnan Province of China were collected and screened for antiviral activity. Plants that were used to treat diseases that are now known to have viral causes were selected through a systematic survey of information on traditional Chinese medicine and the traditional medicines of …
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Antiplasmodial/Antipyretic activity of some Zulu medicinal plants
… australe (Loefl.) Kuntze) are some of the medicinal plants commonly used by Zulu traditional healers in South Africa to treat malaria. Aim The study aims to determine the phytochemicals present in the plants, larvicidal, antioxidant, in vivo antipyretic and in vitro antiplasmodial …
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Antimicrobial evaluation of selected medicinal plants using molecular approach
… of action ofcompounds derived from selected medicinal plants, these are Centella asiatica (L.),Imperata cylindrica (L.), Morinda citrifolia (L.), and Sauropus androgynus(L.), these plantshave previously been implicated as having antibacterial properties. It is a fundamentalnecessity to …
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Evaluation of indigenous medicinal plants with potential antidepressant effects
… drugs. In South Africa, the use of plants to manage depression is fairly documented among different ethnic groups. The aim of this study was to review South African medicinal plants used traditionally to manage depression-like ailments, to estimate the total phenolic content and …
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Antioxidant activity and phytochemical evaluations of selected medicinal plants
… antioxidant behaviour explain the traditional medicinal values of the plant. Cassia alata L crude extract and its fractions showed potent radical scavenging activity against formation of lipid peroxide radicals. The activity directed isolations resulted in the isolation of kaempferol along with …
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Phytochemical studies on traditional medicinal plants with antimalarial activities
… antimalarial principles of three traditional medicinal plants, Passerina obtusifolia (Thymelaeaceae), Tetradenia riparia (Labiatea) and Xerophyta retinervis (V elloziaceae) were investigated by employing bioassay guided fractionation. Two novel compounds and five known constituents were …
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Evaluation of anti-gout potential of selected Malaysian medicinal plants
… study are to screen the six potential Malaysian medicinal plants for anti-gout activity using in vitro enzyme assay; to optimize the extraction conditions of the three selected plants using response surface methodology (RSM); to determine the cell viability of the three extracts towards RAW 264.7 …
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Phytochemical and pharmacological studies on some endemic Yucatecan medicinal plants
Four endemic medicinal plants from the Yucatan peninsula belonging to genera with little pharmacological and phytochemical reported information and used for medicinal purposes by local communities were selected. The species selected included Jacquinia flammea Millsp. ex Mez, Sideroxylon …
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An Evaluation of the Medicinal Plants of Andros Island, Bahamas
<p>The earliest civilizations have been using plants as their foundation for healing and medicinal traditions for thousands of years. The use of plant medicinals, more commonly known as “bush medicine” on Andros Island, has been rapidly decreasing due an increased presence of western medicine and …
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Development of novel anti-tuberculosis drugs from African medicinal plants
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-63).
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The isolation of anti-mycobacterial compounds from South African medicinal plants
Includes bibliographical references.
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Pharmacological Screening of Some Medicinal Plants as Antimicrobial and Feed Additives
… the antibacterial and feed additive potential of medicinal plants. Ethanol extracts of different medicinal plants including Curcuma longa (Turmeric), Zingiber officinale (Ginger), Piper nigrum (Black Pepper), Cinnamomum cassia (Cinnamon), Thymus vulgaris (Thyme), Laurus nobilis (Bay leaf), and …
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Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants traditionally used in the Greater Mpigi region, Uganda
… an ethnopharmacological assessment of 16 medicinal plant species used by traditional healers for the treatment of various infectious and inflammatory diseases in the Greater Mpigi region of Uganda. It includes the first detailed report on selected medicinal plant use in the local …
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Phytochemical Investigation of Psychoactive Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders
… are inspired from natural products. We studied plants with extensive traditional use in CNS-related disorders, in which the chloroform extract of C. urticifolia exhibited potent inhibition of MAO-A and -B. Calea urticifolia (Asteraceae) commonly known as “Juanislama” is native to the Central …
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An investigation into the potential mutagenicity of South African traditional medicinal plants
… damage) of five South African traditional medicinal plants: Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.); Pelargonium sp. cf. inquinans ( L.) L Herit; Pteridium aquilinum subsp aquilinum; Rumex lanceolatus Thunb. and Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Sg, were investigated using two in vitro tests in both a …
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Investigation of selected Nigerian medicinal plants as a source of new antimalarial agents. Isolation of phytochemicals from some Nigerian medicinal plants using chromatographic techniques and their evaluation for antiplasmodial activity.
… against the malaria parasites, respectively. Two plants, Prosopis africana (Leguminosae-mimosoideae) and Physalis angulata (Solanaceae) were selected for further study. The phytochemical investigation of the active chloroform extracts of P. africana and P. angulata yielded several compounds with …
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Antimicrobial, cytotoxic and prelimenary phytochemical analysis of four medicinal plants and their formulation
BACKGROUND: Medicinal plants form an important part of the Southern African cultural heritage. Indigenous populations, for example the Vha-Venda people, tend to use medicinal plants in formulations rather than western medicines for health and survival. In order to certify and give scientific …
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