Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is increasingly used in the fields of plant chemistry,
biochemistry, and molecular biology. Advantages such as speed, versatility, and low cost …

In the course of screening plants used in Danish folk medicine as memory enhancers, a
crude methanolic extract of tubers from Corydalis cava showed significant …

Alkaloids are a class of secondary metabolites with a relatively frequent occurrence in
nature. Around 392 alkaloids have been isolated in several African plants, with isoquinoline …

The family Menispermaceae is highly specialized in its rich diversification of biologically
active bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids. Because of this richness the family is used worldwide …

African geranium (Pelargonium sidoides DC., Geraniaceae) is a herbaceous perennial plant
with well-known medicinal properties. In the present study, the effect of elicitation by methyl …

Alkaloids are biologically active compounds widely used as pharmaceuticals and
synthesised as secondary methabolites in plants. Many of these compounds are strongly …

Tubers of Corydalis cava were extracted with ethanol and fractionated using n-hexane,
chloroform and ethanol. Repeated column chromatography, preparative TLC and …

Cissampelos capensis, commonly known by the Afrikaans name “dawidjies” or
“dawidjieswortel”, is the most important and best known medicinal plant of the family …

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the aggressive forms of non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD) and is a potential risk factor of HCC. This study reports the curative …

The cytotoxicity of crude alkaloid extracts obtained from the leaves and rhizomes of all the
South African members of the family Menispermaceae (seven genera and 13 species) was …