The African continent is naturally endowed with various plant species with nutritional and
medicinal benefits. About 80% of the people in developing countries rely on folk medicines …

The popularity of natural medicine is growing worldwide. Unlike conventional licensed
medicines, herbal medicine practices are usually not supported by effectiveness, efficacy, or …

Plant-based medicines and herbal remedies are considered to be healthy, pure and safe as
it is obtained from natural resources. The increased interest and use of plant-based …

The study compares the toxicity of 53 selected medicinal plants commonly used in the
Philippines to treat various diseases. It uses as a benchmark Vitex negundo L., which was …

For almost two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has constituted a major challenge to human
health, particularly due to the lack of efficient antivirals to be used against the virus during …

Herbal medicine use has grown considerably worldwide among pregnant women, and is
particularly widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. However, herbal medicines used across sub …

Herbal medicine wastes (HMWs) are byproducts of medicine factories, which are mainly
landfilled for their environmental problems. Only bearing in mind the contamination and …

Background Several local communities in Central, Western, Eastern, and Northern regions
of Uganda have been using the whole leaf extracts of Aloe vera (L.) Burm …

Globalization witnessed changing trends in consumer markets. However, their long-term
impacts include lifestyle and dietary changes. Although research in the pharmaceutical and …

Since cancer treatment by radio-and chemotherapy has been linked to safety concerns,
there is a need for new and alternative anticancer drugs; as such, compounds isolated from …