A scoping review on efficacy and safety of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diarrhea in sub-Saharan Africa

MTA Plaatjie, TGE Onyiche, T Ramatla… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), significant morbidity and mortality have
been linked to diarrhea, which is frequently caused by microorganisms. A rise in …

Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, and phytochemistry of medicinal plants used for treating human diarrheal cases in Rwanda: A review

N Gahamanyi, E Munyaneza, E Dukuzimana… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diarrhea, often caused by microorganisms, has been associated with high morbidity and
mortality in Africa. Increased rates of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens have reignited the …

Quercetin 3-O-glucoside recovered from the wild Egyptian Sahara plant, Euphorbia paralias L., inhibits glutamine synthetase and has antimycobacterial activity

NA Safwat, MT Kashef, RK Aziz, KF Amer… - Tuberculosis, 2018 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis remains a major health problem accentuated by the rise of resistance to all
available drugs. Therefore, this study was launched to discover a novel antituberculosis …

Evaluation of the antimycobacterial activity of crude extracts and solvent fractions of selected Ethiopian medicinal plants

W Kahaliw, A Aseffa, M Abebe, M Teferi… - … and alternative medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem complicated by drug resistance
and human immunodeficiency virus that has dramatically increased active TB. Several …

P-glycoprotein mediated efflux in Caco-2 cell monolayers: the influence of herbals on digoxin transport

EF Oga, S Sekine, Y Shitara, T Horie - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Several herbal medicines are concomitantly
used with conventional medicines with a resultant increase in the recognition of herb–drug …

[HTML][HTML] Methanolic extracts of Aloe secundiflora Engl. inhibits in vitro growth of tuberculosis and diarrhea-causing bacteria

RM Mariita, JA Orodho, PO Okemo… - Pharmacognosy …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The emergence of resistance to antimicrobials by pathogens has reached
crisis levels, calling for identification of alternative means to combat diseases. Objective: To …

Herbal medicine in the treatment of poverty associated parasitic diseases: A case of sub-Saharan Africa

VI Mwangi, RM Mumo, A Nyachieo, N Onkoba - Journal of Herbal Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, parasitic diseases including neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs), account for the largest portion of its disease burden. This is due to lack of effective …

Isolation of crotepoxide from berries of Croton macrostachyus and evaluation of its anti-leishmanial activity

H Gelaw, L Adane, Y Tariku, A Hailu - Journal of Pharmacognosy …, 2012 - phytojournal.com
The chloroform extract of the berries of Croton macrostachyus was subjected to column
chromatography with chloroform: ethyl acetate mixture as eluting solvent that led to isolation …

The efficacy of some medicinal plants used locally within Transmara west, Narok County, Kenya against selected Enterobacteria and Candida

HO Nyang'au, J Maingi, A Kebira - 2017 - 41.89.203.227
The bacterial family Enterobacteriaceae and fungal genus Candida have continued to be a
great challenge worldwide including resistance to antibiotics and relapse of infections …

Bioassay-guided isolation of antimycobacterial substances from the traditionally used lichen Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm.

NH Thuan, H Polimati, R Alluri, VB Tatipamula - 3 Biotech, 2022 - Springer
The aim of the present study is to provide a scientific rationale for the folklore usage of
Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm. in treating tuberculosis (Tb). Through bioassay-guided …