Many essential oils are extracted, analysed and their main components are identified,
characterised and then published without any biological testing whatsoever. Their useful …

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 …

ABSTRACT CONTEXT: An ethnobotanical study was carried out among the Jah Hut people
who live in the central part of peninsular Malaysia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The …

Medicinal plants are the part and parcel of human society to combat against different
diseases from the dawn of human civilization. According to World Health Organization …

Vernonia cinerea Less.(ash-coloured fleabane; Asteraceae) is a widely distributed plant
throughout India. The plant has reputation as folklore medicine in various traditional systems …

Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less. is a perennial herbaceous plant found mainly in tropical areas,
particularly in Southeast Asia, South America, and India. Various parts of V. cinerea have …

Plant metabolites have been used for medicinal purposes by humans since ancient times.
The World Health Organization reports that nearly 80% of the developing world's population …

Twelve sesquiterpene lactones were isolated from the whole plants of Vernonia cinerea.
These included eight new compounds, vercinolides A–H (1–8), along with four known …

Phytochemical investigation of ethanol extracts from two Taiwanese collections of Vernonia
cinerea resulted in the isolation of eighteen hirsutinolide-type sesquiterpenoids, including …

Aim This study aimed to establish the pharmacognostical characteristics of leaf, stem and
root of Vernonia cinerea, Asteraceae (ash-coloured fleabane), and to verify the anti …