South Africa contains 9% of the worldʼs higher plants, and despite its rich biodiversity, it has
one of the highest prevalence of hypertension in Africa. This review provides information on …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Crinum macowanii is a deciduous bulbous plant which
grows in east, central and southern Africa. Crinum macowanii has been used as herbal …

Erythrina species are used in popular medicine as sedative, anxiolytic, anti‐inflammatory,
and antihypertensive. In this work, we investigated the chemical composition of extracts …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Hippadine is an alkaloid isolated from Crinum macowanii.
Crinum macowanii is used in South Africa to treat oedema,'heart disease', rheumatic fever …

In this study, the effect of Gmelina arborea aqueous extract, a medicinal plant used in the
treatment of hypertension, on rat blood pressure was investigated. After harvest, leaves of G …

Emergence of non-communicable diseases has posed a great health challenge worldwide.
Particularly; prevalence of diabetes mellitus has been on the increase among communities …

Erythrina senegalensis (Fabaceae) is a medicinal plant which is used to cure many
diseases. The present study aim was to evaluate the effects of this plant on mammalian …

Leonotisleonurus a shrub indigenous to Southern Africa is widely used in traditional
medicine to treat a variety of conditions ranging from skin diseases and cough to epileptic …

Bidens pilosa L.(Asteraceae) is a plant commomly used in traditional medicine to treat
several ailments among which hypertension. The aim of this study was to investigate anti …

Hippadine, a lycorine-type alkaloid isolated from several plants of the family Amaryllidaceae,
contains an interesting pentacyclic skeleton, specifically the aromatic …