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Browsing Research Articles (Paraclinical Sciences) by Subject "Materia medica, Vegetable"
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(Academic Journals, 2011-08-24)The use of plants for the treatment of human and animal diseases continues to rise although there are few studies providing proof of these effects. Among them is the Anacardium occidentale L., popularly known as cashew. ...
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(BioMed Central, 2013-12-13)BACKGROUND: Athrixia phylicoides DC. (Asteraceae) is used medicinally in South Africa to treat a plethora of ailments, including heart problems, diabetes, diarrhoea, sores and infected wounds. It is also prepared in the ...
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(BioMed Central, 2013-10-29)BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and the cytotoxicity of the ethanol crude extract, fractions and isolated compounds from the twigs of Eriosema robustum, a plant used for ...
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(BioMed Central, 2013-05-20)BACKGROUND: Plants of the genus Maytenus belong to the family Celastraceae and are widely used in folk medicine as anti-tumour, anti-asthmatic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anti-ulcer agents, and as a ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-03)Viral infections remain a major threat to humans and animals and there is a crucial need for new antiviral agents especially with the development of resistant viruses. The hexane, dichloromethane, acetone and methanol ...
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(Elsevier, 2009)Antioxidant properties of three different medicinal plant extracts from northern Nigeria were evaluated using the traditional qualitative 2,2, diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH)method and a new 3-(4,5- dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-2,5- ...
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(Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2009-06)Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis are among the most important parasitic nematodes of small ruminants. Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living nematode, is used as a modelfor evaluating anthelmintic ...
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(BioMed Central, 2013-05-04)BACKGROUND: Some Ficus species have been used in traditional African medicine in the treatment of diabetes. The antidiabetic potential of certain species has been confirmed in vivo but the mechanism of activity ...
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(Elsevier, 2010-02)Calpurnia aurea extracts are used in southern Ethiopia to protect stock against ticks. Acetone, hexane and water leaf extracts of C. aurea collected in southern Ethiopia were tested for repellent/attractant and acaricidal ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012-01-23)New measures to control infections in humans and other animals are continuously being sought because of the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. In a wide tree screening survey of the antimicrobial activity ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2010-03)Several Leonotis species are used widely for medicinal purposes in Africa. There have been drastic changes in the taxonomic treatment of Leonotis species during the past decade. Two species, L. dysophylla and L. microphylla ...
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(Academic Journals, 2011-08-15)A suitable in vitro tick climbing repellency bioassay was developed to evaluate the repellent effects of the essential oil (n-hexane extracts of distillate) of Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng (Verbernaceae) on adults ...
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(BioMed Central, 2013-05-30)BACKGROUND: Egyptians recognized the healing power of herbs and used them in their medicinal formulations. Nowadays, “Attarin” drug shops and the public use mainly the Unani medicinal system for treatment of their ...
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(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)Senna italica, a member of the Fabaceae family (subfamily Caesalpiniaceae), is widely used in South African traditional medicine to treat a number of disease conditions. Aqueous extracts of the plant are mainly used to ...
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(Elsevier, 2012)Species of the family Combretaceae are used extensively in traditional medicine against inflammation and infections, and although antibacterial activity has been reported in non-polar extracts, further rationale for the ...
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(Academic Journals, 2012-01-31)An acetone extract of Loxostylis alata was separated into six fractions based on polarity by a solventsolvent fractionation procedure and the different fractions were screened for antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. ...
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(Elsevier, 2004)No Abstract
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(Elsevier, 2010-08)Recent decades have experienced a sharp increase in the incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus. One antidiabetic therapeutic approach is to reduce gastrointestinal glucose production and absorption through the ...
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