Chagas disease and sleeping sickness are neglected tropical diseases closely related to
poverty, for which the development of plant-derived treatments has not been a promising …

Uvaria chamae P. Beauv is known as a key shrub species providing several goods and
services for sustaining livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its great medicinal …

In this chapter, the traditional use, the phytochemical composition, and the pharmacological
activities of African medicinal plants displaying antibacterial effects were reported. We have …

This study presents antimicrobial properties of Uvaria chamae roots, commonly used for the
treatment of various infections in south Benin. Their constituents were extracted and then …

Background Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of multiple aetiology characterised by
hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. It is a global …

Cancer and depression are known as two of the most debilitating disease and disorder
increasing evidence suggest an urgent need for new therapeutic agents with lower toxicity …

The therapeutic efficacy of the contemporary anti-inflammatory drugs are well established;
however, prolonged use of such can often lead to serious and life-threatening side effects …

Ethnopharmacological relevance This study reports for the first time on the use of folk
medicine to treat sleeping sickness and its symptoms in four endemic provinces in northern …

Trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by various trypanosome species
that affects both humans and livestock with catastrophic implications across the endemic …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The leaf and fruit of Uvaria chamae P. Beauv
(Annonaceae) are used in antimalarial ethnomedical preparations. Therefore, they were …