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 …

The role of spices in nutrition and health: a review of three popular spices used in Southern Nigeria

HA Ogbunugafor, CG Ugochukwu… - Food quality and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used in the management of sickle cell disorder in Southern Nigeria

OO Amujoyegbe, M Idu, JM Agbedahunsi… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance The present study entails the medicinal plant species used
to manage sickle cell disorder in Southern States of Nigeria. Materials and methods The …

Inhalation of the essential oil of Piper guineense from Cameroon shows sedative and anxiolytic-like effects in mice

JM Tankam, M Ito - Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The aromatherapeutical potential of Piper guineense essential oil was investigated in mice
via inhalation administration, and the active compounds were identified. An open field test …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactive essential oils from the Cameroonian rain forest: A review-Part II

JD Wansi, N Sewald, L Nahar, C Martin… - Trends in …, 2019 - journals.iau.ir
Eighty-nine essential oil analyses carried out on Cameroonian plant material by gas
chromatography are reviewed, and structures of sixty one main oil compounds are …

African medicinal spices of genus Piper

IA Oyemitan - Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The African genus Piper is estimated to be composed of about 15 species found
mostly in the tropical regions of East, Central, and West Africa. The commonest of these …

[PDF][PDF] Chemical constituents and biological activity of medicinal plants used for the management of sickle cell disease-A review

KO Folashade, EH Omoregie - Journal of Medicinal Plants …, 2013 - academicjournals.org
Since 1910 when sickle cell disease was first reported by Dr. James Herrick and the
subsequent characterization by Linus Pauling who hypothesized on the nature of sickle cell …

[HTML][HTML] Free radicals quenching potential, protective properties against oxidative mediated ion toxicity and HPLC phenolic profile of a Cameroonian spice: Piper …

BM Moukette, PC Anatole, CPN Biapa, JR Njimou… - Toxicology reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Considerations on antioxidants derived from plants have continuously increased during this
decade because of their beneficial effects on human health. In the present study we …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of phytochemical and mineral constituents of Piper guineense Schum. & Thonn. and Piper Umbellatum Linn: Implications for ethnomedicine

EM Isikhuemen, BO Ogbomwan, IU Efenudu - Eur. J. Med. Plants, 2020 - academia.edu
Aims: A significant number of tropical rainforest shrubs and lianes are inextricably linked to
human use as food, spices and/or medicine. This study evaluates phytochemical and …

Investigation of piperanine as HCl ecofriendly corrosion inhibitors for C38 steel

M Dahmani, SS Al-Deyab, A Et-Touhami… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Isolated from black pepper (BP) extract, piperanine was tested as corrosion inhibitor of C38
steel corrosion in 1 M HCl solution. Piperanine was identified by NMR techniques. The …