Many of the herbal extracts used in the Chinese clinical medical routine inhibit the growth of
tumor cells. In the present work, extracts of 12 selected herbs were prepared with methanol …

A perennial herb, distributed across Himalayan region of India. Costus root was known to
the Greeks and Arabs, and was introduced to Europe by Arab physicians, and was called …

Fructus Kochiae (dried fruit of Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad., broom cypress fruit), widely
distributed in the northwest of China, has been used as medicinal and edible plant for …

Several of the parasites have become resistant to chemotherapy, so alternatives are
urgently required. Natural products still play an important role in therapy: between 1981 and …

Parasitic protozoal infections such as trypanosomiasis continue to be a great cause of
human morbidity and mortality. African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) is a re …

A tree, native to southern China, Laos, Vietnam, and Sumatra, that was known to ancient
Greeks, Chinese and Indians. Theophrastus, Galen and Dioscorides described more than …

Cinnamon has been used as a food flavor for thousands of years. Since the twentieth
century, its derivatives have been continuously developed, extracted, and applied …

American trypanosomiasis is a widespread protozoal infection that affects the poorest and
the most disadvantaged populations in the developing world. There is a lack of effective …

Background: Some of medicinal plants are a potential source of new drugs to improve the
treatment of Chagase disease whose treatment is still a challenge. Here in this screening …