The potential of South African plants against Mycobacterium infections

LJ McGaw, N Lall, JJM Meyer, JN Eloff - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB) caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the most commonly notified disease and the fifth largest …

The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of bacterial respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations

IE Cock, SF Van Vuuren - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Multiple plant species were used traditionally in southern
Africa to treat bacterial respiratory diseases. This review summarises this usage and …

Medicinal plants for treatment of prevalent diseases

SO Mintah, T Asafo-Agyei, MA Archer… - Pharmacognosy …, 2019 - books.google.com
This chapter focuses on reviewing publications on medicinal plants used in the treatment of
common diseases such as malaria, cholera, pneumonia, tuberculosis and asthma …

Rhodomyrtone: A new candidate as natural antibacterial drug from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

S Limsuwan, EN Trip, TRHM Kouwen, S Piersma… - Phytomedicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Rhodomyrtone [6, 8-dihydroxy-2, 2, 4, 4-tetramethyl-7-(3-methyl-1-oxobutyl)-9-(2-
methylpropyl)-4, 9-dihydro-1H-xanthene-1, 3 (2H)-di-one] from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa …

Antituberculosis potential of some ethnobotanically selected Malaysian plants

S Mohamad, NM Zin, HA Wahab, P Ibrahim… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
AIM OF THE STUDY: Many local plants are used in Malaysian traditional medicine to treat
respiratory diseases including symptoms of tuberculosis. The aim of the study was to screen …

Tackling multiple-drug-resistant bacteria with conventional and complex phytochemicals

T Suganya, IASV Packiavathy… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Emerging antibiotic resistance in bacteria endorses the failure of existing drugs with chronic
illness, complicated treatment, and ever-increasing expenditures. Bacteria acquire the …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisia afra: a potential flagship for African medicinal plants?

NQ Liu, F Van der Kooy, R Verpoorte - South African Journal of Botany, 2009 - Elsevier
The genus Artemisia consists of about 500 species, occurring throughout the world. Some
very important drug leads have been discovered from this genus, notably artemisinin, the …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra extracts exhibit strong bactericidal activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

MC Martini, T Zhang, JT Williams… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Emergence of drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains is a major barrier to tuberculosis (TB) eradication …

Inhibitory properties of selected South African medicinal plants against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

E Green, A Samie, CL Obi, PO Bessong… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (MTB) is the most commonly notified disease and the fifth largest cause of …

Toxicology of some important medicinal plants in southern Africa

AR Ndhlala, B Ncube, A Okem, RB Mulaudzi… - Food and chemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Africa is home to two major floral kingdoms: the Paleotropical kingdom of central Africa and
the Capensis kingdom of the Western Cape province of South Africa, the latter of which …