Wound care with traditional, complementary and alternative medicine

AA Dorai - Indian Journal of plastic surgery, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Wound care is constantly evolving with the advances in medicine. Search for the ideal
dressing material still continues as wound care professionals are faced with several …

Plants used to treat malaria in Nyakayojo sub-county, western Uganda

T Stangeland, PE Alele, E Katuura, KA Lye - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
AIM OF STUDY: We performed an ethnobotanical study of plants used to treat malaria in
Nyakayojo sub-county in south western Uganda because malaria in this region, and in …

Membrane stabilization as a mechanism of the anti-inflammatory activity of methanol extract of garden egg (Solanum aethiopicum)

CA Anosike, O Obidoa, LUS Ezeanyika - DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2012 - Springer
Background Some observations and reports show that people with high consumption of
Solanum aethiopicum (African garden egg) have relief in arthritic pains and swelling. We …

In vitro antioxidant and in vivo anti-inflammatory potential of crude polysaccharide from Turbinaria ornata (Marine Brown Alga)

S Ananthi, HRB Raghavendran, AG Sunil… - Food and chemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Water-soluble crude polysaccharide from a brown alga Turbinaria ornata (TCP) was
screened for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential. The major functional groups of …

Natural products for materials protection: Corrosion and microbial growth inhibition using Capsicum frutescens biomass extracts

EE Oguzie, KL Oguzie, CO Akalezi… - ACS Sustainable …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Extracts of the fruit of Capsicum frutescens (CF) were assessed for anticorrosion and
antimicrobial activity. The anticorrosion effect of the ethanol extract on low carbon steel in …

Acanthus montanus: An experimental evaluation of the antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunological properties of a traditional remedy for furuncles

CO Okoli, PA Akah, NJ Onuoha, TC Okoye… - … and alternative medicine, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background Acanthus montanus (Nees) T. Anderson (Acanthaceae) is a shrub
widespread in Africa, the Balkans, Romania, Greece and Eastern Mediterranean. It is used …

Potentials of leaves of Aspilia africana (Compositae) in wound care: an experimental evaluation

CO Okoli, PA Akah, AS Okoli - BMC Complementary and Alternative …, 2007 - Springer
Background The potentials of the leaves of the haemorrhage plant, Aspilia africana C. D
Adams (Compositae) in wound care was evaluated using experimental models. A. africana …

Antiinflammatory and analgesic activities of Thesium chinense Turcz extracts and its major flavonoids, kaempferol and kaempferol-3-O-glucoside

Z Parveen, Y Deng, MK Saeed, R Dai, W Ahamad… - Yakugaku …, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The ethyl acetate, chloroform extracts, and the two‰ avonoids kaempferol 1 and kaempferol-
3-O-glucoside 2 isolated from whole plants of Thesium chinense Turcz were investigated for …

Anti-inflammatory effects of Asparagus cochinchinensis extract in acute and chronic cutaneous inflammation

BK Choo, T Yoon, MS Cheon, HW Lee, AY Lee… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
AIMS OF STUDY: Although Asparagus cochinchinensis Merrill (Liliaceae) has long been
used in traditional Korean and Chinese medicine to treat inflammatory diseases, the …

Anti-Inflammatory and Antinociceptive Effects of Mitragyna speciosa Korth Methanolic Extract

WM Shaik Mossadeq, MR Sulaiman… - Medical Principles and …, 2009 - karger.com
Objectives: To determine the anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities of Mitragyna
speciosa Korth methanol extract in rodents. Materials and Methods: Anti-inflammatory …