A review of the traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of inflammation and inflammatory pain

GP Khumalo, BE Van Wyk, Y Feng, IE Cock - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Inflammation is a serious global concern due to its
debilitating symptoms, resulting in considerable suffering and lost productivity. Chronic and …

The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of bacterial respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations

IE Cock, SF Van Vuuren - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Multiple plant species were used traditionally in southern
Africa to treat bacterial respiratory diseases. This review summarises this usage and …

Ethnomedicinal plant diversity in Thailand

M Phumthum, K Srithi, A Inta, A Junsongduang… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Plants have provided medicine to humans for thousands
of years, and in most parts of the world people still use traditional plant-derived medicine …

Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa

NI Mongalo, TJ Makhafola - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Limpopo province, South Africa, has a rich plant diversity and is
referred to as one of the hotspots areas within the country. The aim of the current work was …

The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations

IE Cock, SF Van Vuuren - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Viral respiratory infections are amongst the most common
infections globally, with most of the world's population contracting at least one infection …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the ethnobotany of the Basotho of Lesotho and the Free State Province of South Africa (South Sotho)

A Moteetee, RO Moffett, L Seleteng-Kose - South African Journal of Botany, 2019 - Elsevier
This review is a comprehensive compilation of the ethnobotany of the Basotho (residing both
in Lesotho and the Free State Province of South Africa) in its entirety. It includes all the …

Wild medicinal and food plants used by communities living in Mopane woodlands of southern Angola: Results of an ethnobotanical field investigation

V Urso, MA Signorini, M Tonini, P Bruschi - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Mopane woodlands play an important role in the
livelihood strategies of local populations; however, they have been scarcely investigated by …

Ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and their associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa

JO Odukoya, JO Odukoya, EM Mmutlane, DT Ndinteh - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of global mortality, including deaths
arising from non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Consequently, this …

A review of the traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of selected parasite infections affecting humans

IE Cock, MI Selesho, SF Van Vuuren - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Worldwide, more than three billion cases of parasitic
disease are reported yearly and it is likely that this figure is substantially under-estimated …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnobotanical survey of plants used by Bapedi traditional healers to treat tuberculosis and its opportunistic infections in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

SS Semenya, A Maroyi - South African Journal of Botany, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study explored the utilisation of medicinal plants by Bapedi traditional healers
(THs) to treat and manage tuberculosis (TB) and its opportunistic infections in the three …