Potential of Cameroonian plants and derived products against microbial infections: a review

V Kuete - Planta medica, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
In Cameroon, infectious diseases are amongst the most commonly notified diseases and
largest cause of mortality. Many plants are used locally in traditional medicine for their …

Understanding cancer and the anticancer activities of naphthoquinones–a review

KW Wellington - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The non-communicable disease, cancer, is one of the major causes of death across the
world and is forecast to increase by 75% to reach close to 25 million cases over the next two …

Antimicrobial natural products: an update on future antibiotic drug candidates

M Saleem, M Nazir, MS Ali, H Hussain, YS Lee… - Natural product …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to 2008 Over the last decade, it has become clear that antimicrobial drugs
are losing their effectiveness due to the evolution of pathogen resistance. There is therefore …

Anticancer activities of African medicinal spices and vegetables

V Kuete, O Karaosmanoğlu, H Sivas - Medicinal spices and vegetables from …, 2017 - Elsevier
This chapter reports the ability of African medicinal spices and vegetables to tackle
malignant diseases. The main in vitro cytotoxicity methods, such as 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2 …

African flora has the potential to fight multidrug resistance of cancer

V Kuete, T Efferth - BioMed Research International, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Continuous efforts from scientists of diverse fields are necessary not only to
better understand the mechanism by which multidrug‐resistant (MDR) cancer cells occur …

Potential of Central, Eastern and Western Africa medicinal plants for cancer therapy: spotlight on resistant cells and molecular targets

AT Mbaveng, V Kuete, T Efferth - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cancer remains a major health hurdle worldwide and has moved from the third leading
cause of death in the year 1990 to second place after cardiovascular disease since 2013 …

Ursolic, oleanolic and betulinic acids: antibacterial spectra and selectivity indexes

S Fontanay, M Grare, J Mayer, C Finance… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Ursolic acid (UA), oleanolic acid (OA) and
betulinic acid (BA), three hydroxyl pentacyclic triterpenoic acids (HPTAs) naturally found in a …

Cytotoxicity of some Cameroonian spices and selected medicinal plant extracts

V Kuete, B Krusche, M Youns, I Voukeng… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Several medicinal plants and spices are used
traditionally to treat cancers in Cameroon. AIM: Methanol extracts from thirty-four spices and …

[PDF][PDF] Lapachol: an overview

H Hussain, K Krohn, VU Ahmad, GA Miana, IR Green - Arkivoc, 2007 - arkat-usa.org
Lapachol is a naphthoquinone that was first isolated by E. Paterno from Tabebuia
avellanedae (Bignoniaceae) in 1882. A wide spectrum of therapeutic activities have been …

Antibacterial activities of selected Cameroonian spices and their synergistic effects with antibiotics against multidrug-resistant phenotypes

AG Fankam, V Kuete, IK Voukeng, JR Kuiate… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2011 - Springer
Background The emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) phenotypes is a major public
health problem today in the treatment of bacterial infections. The present study was …