A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plants

BE Van Wyk - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
AIMS OF THE STUDY: Commercially important indigenous medicinal plants of southern
Africa are reviewed in the context of fundamental knowledge about their ethnobotany …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisia afra: a potential flagship for African medicinal plants?

NQ Liu, F Van der Kooy, R Verpoorte - South African Journal of Botany, 2009 - Elsevier
The genus Artemisia consists of about 500 species, occurring throughout the world. Some
very important drug leads have been discovered from this genus, notably artemisinin, the …

Investigating the Impact of Irrigation Water Quality on Secondary Metabolites and Chemical Profile of Mentha piperita Essential Oil: Analytical Profiling …

M Haddou, M Taibi, A Elbouzidi, EH Loukili… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study examines the impact of irrigation water quality on the synthesis of secondary
metabolites and the chemical composition of Mentha piperita essential oil (MPEO). Three …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition and antifungal activity of Ocimum basilicum L. essential oil

NH Abou El-Soud, M Deabes… - … journal of medical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND: The leaves of Ocimum basilicum L.(basil) are used in traditional cuisine as
spices; its essential oil has found a wide application in perfumery, dental products as well as …

In vitro anthelmintic activity of crude extracts of five medicinal plants against egg-hatching and larval development of Haemonchus contortus

T Eguale, D Tadesse, M Giday - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Senna occidentalis, Leonotis ocymifolia,
Leucas martinicensis, Rumex abyssinicus, and Albizia schimperiana are traditionally used …

Trypanocidal and antileukaemic effects of the essential oils of Hagenia abyssinica, Leonotis ocymifolia, Moringa stenopetala, and their main individual constituents

E Nibret, M Wink - Phytomedicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Essential oils from three Ethiopian medicinal plants; Hagenia abyssinica (Rosaceae),
Leonotis ocymifolia (Lamiaceae), and Moringa stenopetala (Moringaceae) were …

Analgesic and Anti‐Inflammatory Effects of 80% Methanol Extract of Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm.f.) Iwarsson Leaves in Rodent Models

A Alemu, W Tamiru, T Nedi… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Pain and inflammation are the major health problems commonly treated with
traditional remedies mainly using medicinal plants. Leonotis ocymifolia is one of such …

The botanical, chemical and ethnobotanical diversity of southern African Lamiaceae

RD Rattray, BE Van Wyk - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Lamiaceae is undoubtedly an important plant family, having a rich history of use that
spans the globe with many species being used in folk medicine and modern industries alike …

[PDF][PDF] Physicochemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oil from coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) seeds cultivated in Pakistan

F Anwar, M Sulman, AI Hussain… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2011 - academicjournals.org
This experiment describes the physiochemical composition of the essential oil derived from
the seeds of coriander (Coriandrum sativum) cultivated in Pakistan. Hydrodistilled essential …

Constituents and antibacterial activity of leaf essential oil of Plectranthus scutellarioides

P Aziz, N Muhammad, A Intisar, MA Abid… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study covers chemical profiling of leaf essential oil of Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.
Br along with the first report on its antibacterial activity. The extraction was performed by …