Functional foods describe the importance of foods in promoting health and preventing
diseases aside their primary role of providing the body with the required amount of essential …

There are hundreds of traditional leafy vegetables and wild food plants of horticultural and
nutritional significance in Africa. These lesser‐known crops and wild food plants that are …

Ginger has reportedly been used in folk medicine for the management and prevention of
hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, this study sought to investigate …

Bamboo is an ordinary plant with extraordinary properties. With its high growth rate and self-
renewing ability, bamboo's sustainability is unparalleled. Bamboo is an important resource …

Brain glucose uptake is usually reduced in type 2 diabetes owing to downregulation of brain
glucose transporters. The ability of Vernonia amygdalina to stimulate glucose uptake as well …

Sea buckthorn is a temperate bush plant native to Asian and European countries, explored
across the world in traditional medicine to treat various diseases due to the presence of an …

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect of Telfairia occidentalis Hook
f.(Curcubitaceae)(T. occidentalis) leaf on key enzyme linked to type-2 diabetes (α-amylase …

Background. Ethnopharmacological studies are relevant for sustaining and improving
knowledge of traditional medicine within the framework of complementary/alternative …

Veronica (Plantaginaceae) and Schoenoplectus have a unique chemotaxonomic and
phytochemical importance and are widely utilized in Turkish and Traditional Chinese Herbal …

Vernonia amygdalina leaves were investigated for their histochemical properties and
antidiabetic activities. Histochemical analysis of the leaf revealed distributions of acidic lipid …