From a survey of anti-arthritic remedies used in Igbo tribal ethnomedicine, three plants—
Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Costus afar and Terminalia ivorensis—were selected for closer …

In continuation of our evaluation of the Nigerian traditional medical system which forms an
important part of health care delivery, we investigated some plants attributed to possess …

A boiling water extract from a powdered sample containing Alstonia boonei root bark (90%)
Rauvolfia vomitoria root bark (5%) and Elaeis guineensis nut without pericarp (5%) was …

In Africa herbalist kept no record and information was usually passed on orally, from
generation to generation. Since oral information can never be as accurate as was told to the …

Antiinflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities and toxicity of different extracts
(decoction, petroleum ether, ethanol and aqueous extracts) of: Afrormosia laxiflora (Benth …

Arthritis is one of the leading causes of disability among millions of people in Nigeria. The
limitations in the use of conventional analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs for the …

A large number of herbal drugs are used in the traditional medicine of Saudi Arabia for the
treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, gout and other forms of inflammation. In the present study …

The anti-arthritic effect of an ethanolic leaf extract of Palisota hirsuta, a plant used locally in
Ghana for various painful inflammatory conditions was assessed, using the Freund's …

The leaves of Acanthus ebracteatus, stembark of Oroxylum indicum and the stems of
Cryptolepis buchanani and Derris scandens are used as traditional remedies in Thailand for …

α-Amyrin palmitate, present in a Ghanaian antiarthritic herbal preparation of Alstonia boonei,
Elaies guineensis and Rauvolfia vomitoria, was synthesised and tested on complete …