Ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and their associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa

JO Odukoya, JO Odukoya, EM Mmutlane, DT Ndinteh - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of global mortality, including deaths
arising from non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Consequently, this …

Friedelin and 3β-friedelinol: pharmacological activities

MH Radi, RA El-Shiekh, AM El-Halawany… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2023 - Springer
The interest in herbal medicine as a source of drug leads is being reinforced, especially for
tackling challenging therapeutic areas such as antimicrobial resistance, cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] Orthobiologics with phytobioactive cues: A paradigm in bone regeneration

P Singh, A Gupta, I Qayoom, S Singh… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bone injuries occur due to various traumatic and disease conditions. Healing of bone injury
occurs via a multi-stage intricate process. Body has the potential to rectify most of the bone …

Phytochemical Profiling, and Antioxidant Potentials of South African and Nigerian Loranthus micranthus Linn.: The African Mistletoe Exposé

S Hlophe, K Bassey - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Loranthus micranthus Linn.(Loranthaceae) is a botanically significant hemiparasite that
grows on tree branches or trunks and is used in traditional medicine. This study compares …

[HTML][HTML] Flavonoids from Nigerian indigenous medicinal plants and their bioactivities: a review

JI Achika, AJ Yusuf, RG Ayo, DU Liman - Phytomedicine plus, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Medicinal plants are used individually or in combination in Nigerian Traditional
Medicine for the treatment of myriad of ailments. This review focus on flavonoids isolated …

Cissus quadrangularis Linn exerts dose‐dependent biphasic effects: osteogenic and anti‐proliferative, through modulating ROS, cell cycle and Runx2 gene …

S Siddiqui, E Ahmad, M Gupta, V Rawat… - Cell …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This report highlights phytoconstituents present in Cissus quadrangularis (CQ)
extract and examines biphasic (proliferative and anti‐proliferative) effects of its extract on …

Estrogenic and cytotoxic potentials of compounds isolated from Millettia macrophylla Benth (Fabaceae): towards a better understanding of its underlying mechanisms

S Zingue, J Tchoumtchoua, DM Ntsa, LP Sandjo… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2016 - Springer
Background Millettia macrophylla was previously reported to have estrogenic effects and to
prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis in Wistar rats. So, the study deals with the …

Genistein contributes to cell cycle progression and regulates oxidative stress in primary culture of osteoblasts along with osteoclasts attenuation

S Siddiqui, AA Mahdi, M Arshad - BMC Complementary Medicine and …, 2020 - Springer
Background The present study was designed to examine the role of isoflavone genistein
(GS) on bone formation, regulating oxidative stress and cell cycle in primary osteoblasts, as …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant activity of some secondary metabolites from Tapinanthus bangwensis (Engl., and K. Krause)[Loranthaceae] grown in Nigeria

OC Atewolara-Odule, OO Aiyelaagbe, OO Olubomehin… - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
The search for new natural antioxidants has grown tremendously over the years because
reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and oxidative stress have been linked to a large …

Chronobiology of Viscum album L.: a time series of daily metabolomic fingerprints spanning 27 years

G Guglielmetti, S Baumgartner, C Scherr… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) has been gaining increasing interest in
the field of oncology as a clinically relevant adjunctive treatment in many forms of cancer. In …