Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment

JJ Mao, GG Pillai, CJ Andrade… - CA: A Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The increase in cancer incidence and mortality is challenging current cancer care delivery
globally, disproportionally affecting low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) when it …

Medicinal plants for anti-neurodegenerative diseases in West Africa

EA Ayeni, Y Gong, H Yuan, Y Hu, X Bai… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Neurodegenerative diseases are neuronal diseases that
affect the brain components by degenerating the structure and function of the central or …

Plant identity and soil variables shift the colonisation and species composition of dark septate endophytes associated with medicinal plants in a northern farmland in …

L Han, Y Zuo, X He, Y Hou, M Li, B Li - Applied Soil Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
Dark septate endophytes (DSE) are diverse facultative biotrophic ascomycetes that
ubiquitously colonise plant roots and may facilitate plant growth and productivity. However …

Chemical constituents from the leaves of Nephrolepis exaltata

AA Oyawaluja, BO Oyawaluja, F Aydogan, Z Ali… - Biochemical Systematics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Twenty-one compounds were isolated from the ethanol extract of the leaves of Nephrolepis
exaltata (Nephrolepidaceae), including one furan derivative (1), five phenol derivatives (2 …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of Sub-Saharan African Medicinal Plants to Cancer Research: Scientific Basis 2013-2023

MDW Adico, B Bayala, J Bunay, S Baron… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer incidence and mortality rates are increasing worldwide. Cancer treatment remains a
real challenge for African countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where funding and …

Anticancer potential of essential oils from Croton L. species (Euphorbiaceae): A comprehensive review of ethnomedicinal, pharmacological, phytochemical, and …

JJL Bezerra - South African Journal of Botany, 2024 - Elsevier
The anticancer potential of essential oils (EOs) has been widely investigated in several
scientific studies. The use of these natural products can be an effective alternative to …

Tragia L. Genus: Ethnopharmacological Use, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activity

R Duarte-Casar, JC Romero-Benavides - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tragia L. is a genus of plants belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family with worldwide
intertropical distribution, composed of more than 150 species. In this literature review, 26 …

The cytotoxic effects of Graptopetalum paraguayense (NE Br.) E. Walther extract on human melanoma cells

HY Peng, YF Lin, YH Chen, ST Chou - Journal of Herbal Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction This study was conducted to investigate the mechanisms of apoptosis inducing
by 50% ethanolic G. paraguayense (NE Br.) E. Walther extract (GE50) in human melanoma …

[PDF][PDF] Potential medicinal, nutritive and antiviral food plants: Africa's plausible answer to the low Covid-19 mortality

IO Raimi, AM Musyoki, OA Olatunji… - Journal of Herbmed …, 2021 - academia.edu
The year 2020 will be remembered as an exceptional year globally due to the incidence of
the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused the loss of many lives. Coronaviruses from the …

Antineoplastic Activity of Selected Cytotoxic Plants from the Kalahari

D Vogel, C Gouws, F van der Kooy - Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2024 - Springer
Plants are known to produce cytotoxic compounds, some of which are currently being used
as chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer. With southern Africa's rich …