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Phytochemical and biological studies of extracts from selected South African indigenous medicinal plants: Bulbine and helichrysum species
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Medicinal plants from the Asteraceae and Asphodelaceae families are among the most widely recognized in South African traditional medicine for managing diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is a universal epidemic, yet there ...
Phytochemical studies on extracts of selected South African indigenous medicinal plants
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Nature has been identified as a rich source of potentially useful chemicals. Throughout the years, phytochemical studies have led to the unearthing of a huge number of natural products, their chemical diversity is unique ...
In vitro evaluation of Leonotis leonurus to validate its potential as an alternative anti-diabetic drug
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Africa is a rich source of medicinal plants with South Africa being known as a country with a
strong history of traditional healing, which masses a variety of approximately 30 000 flowering
plants and accounting for ...
Antiasthmatic properties of Lippia javanica and Myrothamnus flabellifolius using an in vitro model
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Asthma is a reversible, chronic inflammatory disease
that causes obstruction to the airways that causes an increase in airway hyperresponsiveness
that leads to recurrent episodes of chest tightness and coughing.
Lippia ...