Ethnopharmacological relevance The prevalence of diabetes is on a steady increase
worldwide and it is now identified as one of the main threats to human health in the 21st …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The Vernonia genus has about one thousand
species and members of the genus are widely used as food and medicine. The aim of this …

The use of herbal medicines has seen a great upsurge globally. In developing countries,
many patronize them largely due to cultural acceptability, availability and cost. In developed …

Vernonia amygdalina Del., commonly called bitter leaf, is a perennial shrub that belongs to
the family Asteraceae and grows throughout tropical Africa. It is probably the most used …

Diabetes mellitus is one of the common metabolic disorders and 2.8% of the population
suffers from this disease throughout the world and it may cross 5.4% by the year 2025. Oral …

Early in the co-evolution of plant-animal relationships, some arthropod species began to
utilize the chemical defences of plants to protect themselves from their own predators and …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The medicinal plants employed in the
ethnomedicine of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria are studied. AIM OF THE STUDY: The survey …

The present study was undertaken to investigate the analgesic, antiinflammatory and
hypoglycaemic effects of Zingiber officinale dried rhizomes ethanol extract (ZOE) in mice …

An ethnobotanical study on veterinary medicinal plants of Bale Mountains National Park and
adjacent areas was conducted from July 2003 to June 2004. Semi-structured interviews and …

Today, researches are focusing on the discovery of new therapeutic substances of natural
origin with possible low or no toxicity to human, animal and environment, based on …