Artemisia and its allied species have been employed for conventional medicine in the
Northern temperate regions of North America, Europe, and Asia for the treatments of …

The use of and search for drugs and dietary supplements derived from plants have
accelerated in recent years. Ethnopharmacologists, botanists, microbiologists, and natural …

Ethnopharmacological importance Currently, in many traditional communities, such as the
riverine community in the North Araguaia microregion (Mato Grosso, Brazil), plant …

Flavonoids are plant pigments that are synthesised from phenylalanine, generally display
marvelous colors known from flower petals, mostly emit brilliant fluorescence when they are …

Background In traditional medicine whole plants or mixtures of plants are used rather than
isolated compounds. There is evidence that crude plant extracts often have greater in vitro …

The increasing prevalence and distribution of malaria has been attributed to a number of
factors, one of them being the emergence and spread of drug resistant parasites. Efforts are …

There are 230 to 240 known Bidens species. Among them, Bidens pilosa is a representative
perennial herb, globally distributed across temperate and tropical regions. B. pilosa has …

Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

Background The antimicrobial activity and Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of the
extracts of Bidens pilosa L., Bixa orellana L., Cecropia peltata L., Cinchona officinalis L …

Parasitic diseases remain a major public health problem affecting hundreds of millions of
people, particularly in tropical developing countries. The limited availability and affordability …