In Cameroon, infectious diseases are amongst the most commonly notified diseases and
largest cause of mortality. Many plants are used locally in traditional medicine for their …

The non-communicable disease, cancer, is one of the major causes of death across the
world and is forecast to increase by 75% to reach close to 25 million cases over the next two …

Covering: 2000 to 2008 Over the last decade, it has become clear that antimicrobial drugs
are losing their effectiveness due to the evolution of pathogen resistance. There is therefore …

Malaria is a major public health problem mainly due to the development of resistance by the
most lethal causative parasitic species, Plasmodium falciparum to the mainstay drugs like …

Chemical investigation of many bacterial and fungal, as well as plant species has revealed
the presence of interesting compounds derived from naphthalene-1, 4-naphthoquinones …

Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is increasingly used in the fields of plant chemistry,
biochemistry, and molecular biology. Advantages such as speed, versatility, and low cost …

Cancer remains a major health hurdle worldwide and has moved from the third leading
cause of death in the year 1990 to second place after cardiovascular disease since 2013 …

Objectives This review covers the compounds with antiplasmodial activity isolated from
plants published from 2005 to the end of 2008, organized according to their phytochemical …

Lapachol is a naphthoquinone that was first isolated by E. Paterno from Tabebuia
avellanedae (Bignoniaceae) in 1882. A wide spectrum of therapeutic activities have been …

Naphthoquinones are the most commonly occurring type of quinones in nature. They are a
diverse family of secondary metabolites that occur naturally in plants, lichens and various …