Cisplatin and other platinum-based drugs, such as carboplatin, ormaplatin, and oxaliplatin,
have been widely used to treat a multitude of human cancers. However, a considerable …

Jamu is the Indonesian traditional herbal medicine that has been practised for many
centuries in the Indonesian community to maintain good health and to treat diseases …

Background An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was carried out in 14 villages
adjacent to Mabira Central Forest Reserve (CFR) in Central Uganda between August 2013 …

The African continent is naturally endowed with various plant species with nutritional and
medicinal benefits. About 80% of the people in developing countries rely on folk medicines …

Objective To develop a novel approach for the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using
aqueous leaves extracts of Catharanthus roseus (C. roseus) Linn. G. Don which has been …

Recently, considerable attention has been focused on dietary and medicinal phytochemicals
that inhibit, reverse or retard diseases caused by oxidative and inflammatory processes …

Malaria, caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, is one of the leading infectious
diseases in many tropical regions, including Nigeria, a West African country where …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The Vernonia genus has about one thousand
species and members of the genus are widely used as food and medicine. The aim of this …

Vernonia amygdalina Del., commonly called bitter leaf, is a perennial shrub that belongs to
the family Asteraceae and grows throughout tropical Africa. It is probably the most used …

Xanthones or 9H-xanthen-9-ones (dibenzo-γ-pirone) comprise an important class of
oxygenated heterocycles whose role is well-known in Medicinal Chemistry. The biological …