Chemical and biological investigation into some selected African indigenous medicinal plants
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Date
2009
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
African medicinal plants are commonly used throughout Africa to treat a variety of ailments including wounds and ulcers, cough and chest complaints, gingivitis, fever and gonorrhoea, indication all related to infection and inflammation. In screening several plant species from an inventory of common medicinal plants from both South and West Africa for diverse medicinal purposes, 6 plants were selected because of their interesting and useful ethnomedicinal values.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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Phytochemistry, Piliostigma reticulatum, Cissampelos capensis, Geranium incanum, Gethyllis species, Antimicrobial, Brine shrimp nauplii, Lethality, Cytotoxicity, Antioxidants