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 …

Malaria is still the most destructive and dangerous parasitic infection in many tropical and
subtropical countries. The burden of this disease is getting worse, mainly due to the …

BACKGROUND Africa is a huge continent that straddles the equator, extending from 37 N
and 35 S and endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. Over 50,000 distinct …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Malaria remains an overwhelming infectious disease with significant health challenges in
African and other endemic countries globally. Resistance to antimalarial drugs has become …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Ethnobotanical survey was performed to document
medicinal plants employed in the management of malaria in the Bosomtwe and Sekyere …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The antiprotozoal and cytotoxic activity of the
aqueous extracts from 33 medicinal plants, used by traditional healers for the treatment of …

Background Tetrapleura tetraptera, a seasoning and nutritive spice is also used in western
African folk medicine in the management of wide variety of diseases including diabetes …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Tuberculosis (TB) is considered as a re-
emerging disease and one of the most important public health problems worldwide. The use …

OBJECTIVES Spices are increasingly finding other useful roles in healthcare aside their
primary use as organoleptic enhancers in culinary. Several herbs and spices are currently …