A review of the medicinal potentials of plants of the genus Vernonia (Asteraceae)

NJ Toyang, R Verpoorte - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The Vernonia genus has about one thousand
species and members of the genus are widely used as food and medicine. The aim of this …

Effects of vernonia amygdalina fractionate on glutathione reductase and glutathione-S-transferase on alloxan induced diabetes wistar rat

PN Onyibe, GI Edo, LC Nwosu, E Ozgor - Biocatalysis and Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstracts This research was conducted to examine the effect of vernonia amygdalina on
Glutathione reductase and Glutathione-S-transferase in alloxan induced diabetic wistar rats …

Polyphenols-rich Vernonia amygdalina shows anti-diabetic effects in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

KW Ong, A Hsu, LX Song, DJ Huang… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
AIM OF THE STUDY: This study aims to investigate the hypoglycemic properties of Vernonia
amygdalina Del.(VA) and its possible mechanisms of action in a single-dose STZ induced …

Antidiabetic potential of some less commonly used plants in traditional medicinal systems of India and Nigeria

A Mohammed, D Kumar, SI Rizvi - Journal of Intercultural …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incidence of diabetes mellitus continue to rise annually all over the world with India and
Nigeria having recorded cases of 65.1 and 3.9 million respectively in 2013 and expected to …

IN VITRO ANTIDIABETES AND ANTIHYPERTENSION PROPERTIES OF PHENOLIC EXTRACTS FROM BITTER LEAF (VERNONIA AMYGDALINA DEL.)

JA Saliu, AO Ademiluyi, AJ Akinyemi… - Journal of Food …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Bitter leaf is a popular vegetable commonly consumed and which has been employed in
traditional medicine for the prevention/management of diabetes and hypertension for …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of proximate, mineral and phytochemical analysis of the leaves of Ocimum gratissimum, Vernonia amygdalina and Moringa oleifera

MD Olumide, OA Ajayi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - academicjournals.org
The aim of this study is to make a comparative analysis of the proximate, mineral and
phytochemical compositions of the leaves of Ocimum gratissimum, Vernonia amygdalina …

[HTML][HTML] Vernonia amygdalina delile extract inhibits the hepatic gluconeogenesis through the activation of adenosine-5'monophosph kinase

X Wu, T Ren, JF Liu, YJ Liu, LC Yang, X Jin - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aims It has been reported that Vernonia amygdalina Delile (VA) presents an anti-diabetic
effect, and the effect of VA on lowering glucose is formulated via suppressing the expression …

[PDF][PDF] Composition of Vernonia amygdalina and its potential health benefits

PC Ojimelukwe, N Amaechi - International Journal of Environment …, 2019 - academia.edu
Vernoniaamygdalina is a perennial shrub. It is a vegetable, commonly used in foods and
traditional medicine in tropical Africa. Traditional users report that this plant possesses …

The bitter Asteraceae: An interesting approach to delay the metabolic syndrome progression

A Awwad, P Poucheret, AY Idres, L Bidel, D Tousch - NFS journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (METS) directly correlates with the prevalence of
obesity, and it is associated with several other risk factors. Among them, chronic …

Novel phytocompounds from Vernonia amygdalina with antimalarial potentials

IMIC Ejiofor, A Das, SR Mir, M Ali… - Pharmacognosy …, 2020 - phcogres.com
Background: Malaria, one of the diseases predominant in the African continent, has been
reported to be treated with plants and also some in vitro and in vivo tests have supported …