The environmental, socio-economic, and health effects of invasive alien plants: Review on Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray in Asteraceae

PK Rai, SS Lee, N Bhardwaj, KH Kim - South African journal of botany, 2023 - Elsevier
Invasive alien plants (IAPs) are recognized as major threats to the environmental and
ecological systems with great potential to disrupt global biodiversity, forestry, livelihood, and …

Antimalarial plants used across Kenyan communities

T Omara - Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is one of the serious health problems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Its treatment
has been met with chronic failure due to pathogenic resistance to the currently available …

Effect of the environment on the secondary metabolic profile of Tithonia diversifolia: a model for environmental metabolomics of plants

BL Sampaio, RA Edrada-Ebel, FB Da Costa - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Tithonia diversifolia is an invasive weed commonly found in tropical ecosystems. In this
work, we investigate the influence of different abiotic environmental factors on the plant's …

Pesticidal plant extracts improve yield and reduce insect pests on legume crops without harming beneficial arthropods

Y Tembo, AG Mkindi, PA Mkenda, N Mpumi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In the fight against arthropod crop pests using plant secondary metabolites, most research
has focussed on the identification of bioactive molecules. Several hundred candidate plant …

[HTML][HTML] Medicinal plants used for management of malaria among the Luhya community of Kakamega East sub-County, Kenya

N Mukungu, K Abuga, F Okalebo, R Ingwela… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Malaria remains a major health problem worldwide especially in sub-Saharan
Africa. In Kenya, 80% of the population is at risk of contracting the disease. Pregnant …

Extracts from field margin weeds provide economically viable and environmentally benign pest control compared to synthetic pesticides

P Mkenda, R Mwanauta, PC Stevenson, P Ndakidemi… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Plants with pesticidal properties have been investigated for decades as alternatives to
synthetics, but most progress has been shown in the laboratory. Consequently, research on …

Ethnobotany, Chemistry, and Biological Activities of the Genus Tithonia (Asteraceae)

DA Chagas‐Paula, RB Oliveira, BA Rocha… - Chemistry & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Tithonia is an important source of diverse natural products, particularly
sesquiterpene lactones, diterpenes, and flavonoids. The collected information in this review …

[HTML][HTML] Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl) A. Gray.(Asteraceae: Heliantheae), an invasive plant of significant ethnopharmacological importance: A review

AA Ajao, AN Moteetee - South African Journal of Botany, 2017 - Elsevier
Tithonia diversifolia is a shrub-like perennial or annual invasive plant, native to north and
Central America. The plant is widely used in several countries such as Costa Rica …

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray as a medicinal plant: A comprehensive review of its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacotoxicology and clinical …

AM Tagne, F Marino, M Cosentino - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Tithonia diversifolia (TD) is widely valued in several
cultures for its medicinal properties. A comprehensive review of the current understanding of …

Invasive weeds with pesticidal properties as potential new crops

A Mkindi, N Mpumi, Y Tembo, PC Stevenson… - Industrial Crops and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plants with pesticidal properties have been investigated for decades as alternatives to
synthetics, but only a handful have been commercialised and developed as non-food cash …