Phytogenic agents have traditionally been used by herbalists and indigenous healers for the
prevention and treatment of peptic ulcer. This article reviews the anti‐acid/anti‐peptic, gastro …

Nature gifts medicinal plants with the untapped and boundless treasure of active chemical
constituents with significant therapeutic potential that makes these plants a beneficial source …

This study investigated the quantitative polyphenolic constituents and gastroprotective
effects of aqueous leaf extracts of Spondias mombin and Ficus exasperata against …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Resistance against antibiotics of many
bacteria is accumulating. Therefore, searches for new substances with antimicrobial activity …

Insecticidal activity of eight plants collected from Burkina Faso was studied using mosquito
(Ochlerotatus triseriatus), Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens larvae and adult white fly …

The antidiarrhoeal effects of the methanol extract of Zizyphus spina-christi stem bark were
evaluated in laboratory rodents. Studies on castor oil induced diarrhoea, intraluminal fluid …

Wild chimpanzees eat several plant species claimed by traditional healers to cure diseases.
However, the behaviour leading apes to ingest these peculiar species is not clearly …

With a history as ancient as any cultivated fruit, many believe the fig has been with us even
longer than the pomegranate. The Ficus constitutes one of the largest and hardiest genera …

The flowers of Cassia spectabilis yielded three new piperidine alkaloids,(−)-3-O-
acetylspectaline (1),(−)-7-hydroxyspectaline (2), and iso-6-spectaline (3), together with the …

Identification of 123 species, belonging to 50 families, used for wound healing in the
Bamako region of Mali, was performed in this study. The fifteen species that were most …