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dc.contributor.advisorBenjeddou, Mongi
dc.contributor.authorSigodi, Yolanda
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-05T07:10:16Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/9209
dc.description>Magister Scientiae - MScen_US
dc.description.abstractAfrica 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 almost 10% of the world’s higher plant species. Leonotis leonurus, a member of the Lamiaceae family, has shown potential biomedical applications in a great diversity of ailments and has shown to have antidiabetic activity, with the most common herbal active ingredients used in treating diabetes being flavonoids, tannins, phenolics, and alkaloids (Hussein, 2018). In the present study, L. leonurus was screened for possible bioactive chemicals.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectDiabetes mellitusen_US
dc.subjectLeonotis leonurusen_US
dc.subjectAnti-diabetic treatmenten_US
dc.subjectMedicinal plantsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleIn vitro evaluation of Leonotis leonurus to validate its potential as an alternative anti-diabetic drugen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.description.embargo2023


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