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Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Herbs Used by the Luguru Tribe Against Various Human Ailments in Morogoro Rural District, Tanzania. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Since time immemorial, Tanzanians, particularly the Luguru tribe, have utilised medicinal herbs (MHs) to manage various ailments. However, few ethnobotanical studies have been conducted to document and quantitatively analyze them. This study documents and quantitatively analyzes MHs used by the Luguru people of Morogoro Rural District to address ...
Kacholi DS.
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Differentiation, Quantification and Identification of Abrin and Abrus precatorius Agglutinin

Toxins, 2021
Abrin, the toxic lectin from the rosary pea plant Abrus precatorius, has gained considerable interest in the recent past due to its potential malevolent use.
Sylvia Worbs, Bettina Kampa, Martin Skiba, Eva-Maria Hansbauer, Daniel Stern, Hervé Volland, François Becher, Stéphanie Simon, Martin B. Dorner, Brigitte G. Dorner   +9 more
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An Arrow Poison (Abrus Precatorius) Causing Fatal Poisoning in a Child [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Ingestion of whole seeds of Abrus precatorius often does not produce serious illness. It generally presents initially with gastrointestinal manifestations.
MM PATIL, SV PATIL, AS AKKI, BHAVANA LAKHKAR, SHARAN BADIGER   +4 more
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Optimization of Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction of Total Flavonoids from Abrus Cantoniensis (Abriherba) by Response Surface Methodology and Evaluation of Its Anti-Inflammatory Effect

Molecules, 2022
Abrus cantoniensis is a Chinese herbal medicine with efficacy in clearing heat and detoxification, as well as relieving liver pain. The whole plant, except the seeds, can be used and consumed.
En-Yun Wu, Wen-Jing Sun, Ying Wang, Ge-Yin Zhang, Bai-Chang Xu, Xiao-Gang Chen, Kai-Yuan Hao, Ling-Zhi He, Hong-Bin Si   +8 more
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Toxic Effect of Abrus Precatorius Seed Aqueous Extract in the Liver of Wistar Rats

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2022
Abrus precatorius seed is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of numerous diseases which include hepatitis, fever and asthma. The effect of Abrus precatorius seeds aqueous extract in the liver of Wistar rats was investigated in this study ...
R.M. Sunday
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Two new species of the genus Abrus Dai & Zhang, 2002 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from China

ZooKeys, 2014
Two new species of leafhoppers: Abrus damingshanensis sp. n. (from Guangxi) and A. expansivus sp. n. (from Guizhou) are described and illustrated from China. A map showing the geographic distribution of the two new species is given.
Jichun Xing, Zizhong Li
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Glycotope structures and intramolecular affinity factors of plant lectins for Tn/T antigens [PDF]

, 2011
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A Babino, AA Jeyaprakash, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, E Zenteno, EJM Damme Van, GF Springer, GF Springer, GF Springer, GWG Bird, K Puri, KA Kulkarni, KA Kulkarni, M Duk, M Duk, M Sarkar, N Taniguchi, N Vega, R Lotan, R Ravishankar, R Sankaranarayanan, R Zenteno, S Hirohashi, S Tollefsen, SH Itzkowitz, SI Hakomori, SI Hakomori, SI Hakomori, SJ Rinderle, T Singh, T Singh, T Singh, TR Transue, V Piller, W Wang, X Lee, Y Yoda   +42 more
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Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND\ud \ud The Kagera region of north western Tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practice. Traditional medicines are the mainstay of healthcare in this region and are known to support the management of many illnesses such ...
Moshi, Mainen J, Otieno, Donald F, Weisheit, Anke   +2 more
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agglutinin targets cancer stem-like cells by eliminating self-renewal capacity accompanied with apoptosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Tumor Biology, 2017
The accumulating evidences show that Abrus agglutinin, a plant lectin, displays a broad range of anticancer activity including cancer-specific induction of apoptosis; however, the underlying molecular mechanism of Abrus agglutinin–induced oral cancer ...
Niharika Sinha, Prashanta Kumar Panda, Prajna Paramita Naik, Tapas K Maiti, Sujit K Bhutia   +4 more
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Llama-Derived Single Domain Antibodies Specific for Abrus Agglutinin

Toxins, 2011
Llama derived single domain antibodies (sdAb), the recombinantly expressed variable heavy domains from the unique heavy-chain only antibodies of camelids, were isolated from a library derived from llamas immunized with a commercial abrin toxoid ...
James P. Carney, Rachael Bernstein, Eric A. E. Garber, Jennifer L. Walker, Thomas W. O’Brien, Alena Calm, Jinny L. Liu, Ellen R. Goldman, Scott Walper, Dan Zabetakis, George P. Anderson   +10 more
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