Traditional pharmacopeia is strongly involved in the continuous search for the well being of
African populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80% of the …

Essential oils from plants have been proven safe as natural antioxidants, and few are
already marketed as digestive enhancers as well as in prevention of several degenerative …

Natural plant products with potent growth inhibition and apoptosis induction properties are
extensively being investigated for their cancer chemopreventive potential. Holarrhena …

Bioadhesives are revolutionizing wound closure procedures. However, traditional
bioadhesives lack functions to promote wound healing with a higher wound dehiscence rate …

Background: Obesity is a global epidemic that affects both developed and developing
countries. According to World Health Organization (WHO), in 2014, over 1.9 billion adults …

Background: Peperomia pellucida is an annual herbaceous ethnomedicinal plant used in
the treatment of a variety of communicable and noncommunicable diseases in the Amazon …

Continuous exploration of medicinal plants for bioactive constituents is essential since the
availability and activities of these compounds speaks volume of their possible medicinal …

Toxicities due to exposure to arsenic-contaminated water and the occurrence of diabetes
mellitus are major health concerns. Treatment of these concerns using therapeutic …

Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the leaves and stem essential oils (EOs) of
Jatropha gossypifolia and their efficacies against infectious and oxidative stress diseases …

Exposure to environmental pollutants often leads to an upsurge in the production of reactive
oxygen species (ROS). ROS oxidize cellular fatty acids to produce lipid peroxyl radicals …