Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a lancet oncology commission

W Ngwa, BW Addai, I Adewole, V Ainsworth… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), urgent action is needed to curb a growing crisis in
cancer incidence and mortality. Without rapid interventions, data estimates show a major …

Plant secondary metabolites as anticancer agents: successes in clinical trials and therapeutic application

AML Seca, DCGA Pinto - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a multistage process resulting in an uncontrolled and abrupt division of cells and
is one of the leading causes of mortality. The cases reported and the predictions for the near …

Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

PB James, J Wardle, A Steel, J Adams - BMJ global health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Background The WHO estimates that a considerable number of people in Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) rely on traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) to meet …

Rosmarinus officinalis L.: an update review of its phytochemistry and biological activity

JM Andrade, C Faustino, C Garcia, D Ladeiras… - Future science …, 2018 - Future Science
The worldwide interest in the use of medicinal plants has been growing, and its beneficial
effects being rediscovered for the development of new drugs. Based on their vast …

A review on antimicrobial botanicals, phytochemicals and natural resistance modifying agents from Apocynaceae family: Possible therapeutic approaches against …

U Anand, S Nandy, A Mundhra, N Das… - Drug Resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accelerated emergence of drug-resistant pathogenic microbes, their unbeatable virulence
and a gradual loss of efficacy of currently used antimicrobial agents over the last decade …

What could explain the lower COVID-19 burden in Africa despite considerable circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

RG Wamai, JL Hirsch, W Van Damme… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The differential spread and impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), causing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), across regions is a major …

Biochemical and Computational Approach of Selected Phytocompounds from Tinospora crispa in the Management of COVID-19

A Rakib, A Paul, MNU Chy, SA Sami, SK Baral… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
A pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) began in
December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and the number of newly reported cases continues to …

Drug‐induced liver injury: clinical evidence of N‐acetyl cysteine protective effects

Y Ntamo, K Ziqubu, N Chellan… - Oxidative medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress is a key pathological feature implicated in both acute and chronic liver
diseases, including drug‐induced liver injury (DILI). The latter describes hepatic injury …

When a doctor knows, it shows: An empirical analysis of doctors' responses in a Q&A forum of an online healthcare portal

S Khurana, L Qiu, S Kumar - Information Systems Research, 2019 - pubsonline.informs.org
Question-and-answer (Q&A) forums are gaining popularity as a user-engagement tool to
drive traffic on multiservice portals. In a platform market model, demand-side users seek …

Utilization of alternative systems of medicine as health care services in India: Evidence on AYUSH care from NSS 2014

S Rudra, A Kalra, A Kumar, W Joe - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
AYUSH, an acronym for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and
Homeopathy represents the alternative systems of medicine recognized by the Government …