Avoiding pitfalls in determining antimicrobial activity of plant extracts and publishing the results

JN Eloff - BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background There is an urgent need to discover new antimicrobial compounds or extracts to
address the crucial problem of increasing microbial resistance against current antibiotics …

Medicinal plants, human health and biodiversity: a broad review

T Sen, SK Samanta - Biotechnological applications of biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Biodiversity contributes significantly towards
human livelihood and development and thus plays a predominant role in the well being of …

Medicinal plants used in traditional management of cancer in Uganda: a review of ethnobotanical surveys, phytochemistry, and anticancer studies

T Omara, AK Kiprop, RC Ramkat… - Evidence‐Based …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The burden of neoplastic diseases is a significant global health challenge accounting for
thousands of deaths. In Uganda, about 32,617 cancer cases were reported in 2018 …

[HTML][HTML] A review on ethno-medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

R Ullah, AS Alqahtani, OMA Noman… - Saudi journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The traditional medicine based on medicinal plants in the Kingdom of Arabia Saudia
presents a strong relationship belonging to natural remedies, health, diet, and folk healing …

Traditional use of medicinal plants in south-central Zimbabwe: review and perspectives

A Maroyi - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2013 - Springer
Background Traditional medicine has remained as the most affordable and easily
accessible source of treatment in the primary healthcare system of resource poor …

[HTML][HTML] An updated review of Adansonia digitata: A commercially important African tree

GPP Kamatou, I Vermaak, AM Viljoen - South African Journal of Botany, 2011 - Elsevier
Adansonia digitata L.(Malvaceae) is a majestic tree revered in Africa for its medicinal and
nutritional value. The plant parts are used to treat various ailments such as diarrhoea …

Cameroonian medicinal plants: pharmacology and derived natural products

V Kuete, T Efferth - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2010 - frontiersin.org
Many developing countries including Cameroon have mortality patterns that reflect high
levels of infectious diseases and the risk of death during pregnancy and childbirth, in …

Plants: An alternative source for antimicrobials

EM Abdallah - Journal of applied pharmaceutical science, 2011 - japsonline.com
No doubt that antibiotics are a miracle drugs. They stands against various infectious
diseases for decades and saved millions of lives. However, the recent failure of antibiotics …

The potential of anti-malarial compounds derived from African medicinal plants. Part I: A pharmacological evaluation of alkaloids and terpenoids

P Amoa Onguéné, F Ntie-Kang, LL Lifongo, JC Ndom… - Malaria journal, 2013 - Springer
Traditional medicine caters for about 80% of the health care needs of many rural
populations around the world, especially in developing countries. In addition, plant-derived …

An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the people in Nhema communal area, Zimbabwe

A Maroyi - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance This study documented the pharmaceutical importance of
plant resources in Nhema communal area, particularly the significance of medicinal plants in …