Context African medicinal plants represent a prominent source of new active substances. In
this context, three plants were selected for biological investigations based on their traditional …

Flos Sophorae immaturus (FSI), the flower bud of the leguminous plant Sophora japonica L.,
is a traditional medicinal herb widely used for blood pressure reduction and as a food …

Dietary antioxidants are beneficial because of their protective roles against oxidative stress
involved in the pathogenesis of multiple diseases such as cancer, anaemia, diabetics and …

Cosmeceuticals are the fastest growing products in the cosmetics field and represent a
hybrid between cosmetics and drugs. The main benefits reported for cosmeceutical herbal …

The present study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and the antibacterial activities of
methanol extracts from five species from Verbenaceae family and to quantify their …

Abstract Background Psorospermun aurantiacum and Hypericum lanceolatum are plants
locally used in Cameroon and other parts of Africa for the treatment of gastrointestinal and …

Aim: To investigate the in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the ethanolic extract
from whole plant of I. balsamina, I. hawkeri and I. walleriana. Methods: Whole plant material …

Ficus plant components have application in traditional medicine because of the myriad uses
they have been subjected to. The ease of application is based on the secondary metabolites …

Natural products represent an alternative source of potent antimicrobial to combat the
increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to synthetic drugs. Plants in particular contain …

Abstract Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem., an edible plant belonging to the family of
Moraceae, is traditionally used against skin infections and allergies besides having diuretic …