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Antimalarial Efficacy of Hydromethanolic Root Extract and Solvent Fractions of Urtica simensis Hochst. ex. A. Rich. (Urticaceae): An Experimental Study on Plasmodium berghei-Infected Mice. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2022 Background. Despite modern therapeutic armamentariums, malaria remains a 21st century public health menace. The issue of combating malaria is the ever‐growing resistance to high‐tech medications in which novel phytomedicines are highly demanding, a rapidly expanding research avenue. In Ethiopian folklore medicine, Urtica simensis has been used to treat
Sisay W, Andargie Y, Molla M.
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Evaluation of Antidiabetic and Antihyperlipidemic Activity of 80% Methanolic Extract of the Root of Solanum incanum Linnaeus (Solanaceae) in Mice. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2022 Background. Conventional antidiabetic drugs are linked with a number of contraindications and untoward effects. The root decoction of Solanum incanum L. has traditionally been used to treat diabetes. However, its safety and efficacy have not been scientifically authenticated yet.
Andargie Y, Sisay W, Molla M, Tessema G.
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Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Evil Eye Illness in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournalBackground: Traditional medicinal plants are used worldwide to treat human ailments. One of the ailments used to treat medicinal plants through traditional medical practices is the evil eye. This systematic review aimed to compile and document ethnobotanical studies on the treatment of evil eye illnesses in Ethiopia.
Tadesse D, Masresha G, Lemlemu M.
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Is There Association between Risky Sexual Behaviors and Depression Symptoms among Youth? A Case of Jimma University Students, Ethiopia. [PDF]
Psychiatry J, 2019 Background. Risky Sexual Behaviors (RSB) and Depression symptoms expose young people to various reproductive health problems including sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS. To date the link between these two major public health problems lacks empirical evidence in the context of higher education institutions in Ethiopia. Objective.
Tesfaye Y +6 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Background. Drug resistance is a universal challenge to malaria control measures. As a result, the development and discovery of new chemotherapeutic agents from medicinal plants having anti‐malarial traditional claims are very important. This work, therefore, attempted to evaluate the anti‐malarial activity of the aqueous root extract of E.
Fentaw Girmaw +2 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Introduction. In Ethiopia, traditionally, the leaves of Calpurnia aurea have been utilized to treat peptic ulcer disease. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to examine the antiulcer activity of Calpurnia aurea hydromethanolic leaf extract and solvent fractions in rats. Methods.
Yared Andargie +5 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Wounds account for severe morbidity, socioeconomic distress, and mortality around the globe. For several years, various herbal products are used to expedite and augment the innate wound healing process. In Ethiopian folkloric medicine, Verbascum sinaiticum L. (V. sinaiticum) is commonly applied as a wound‐healing agent.
Kalkidan Lulseged +5 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Background. Urtica simensis has been used for the treatment of peptic ulcer disease in Ethiopian folkloric medicine by drinking its juice after boiling the semicrushed leaf. To our latest understanding, no in vivo study was available regarding its antiulcer activity. The present study was done to appraise the ulcer‐protective and ulcer healing activity
Woretaw Sisay +4 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Background. Malaria remains a major public health problem globally. Poor access to antimalarial drugs compounded with rapidly evolving drug resistance encourages researchers to continuously look for new drugs. Of importance, traditionally used medicines of plant origin are the highest priority as the ethnobotanical claim can be used as an important ...
Gebru Hagos Atsbha +3 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Background. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by a persistent rise in the blood glucose level resulting from defects in cellular insulin function, secretion, or both, which affects millions of people every year. Several drawbacks have been stated with the use of marketed antidiabetic medicines such as drug resistance, adverse
Berhan Begashaw Yikna +2 more
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