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Ethnomedicinal Knowledge of Plants Used in Nonconventional Medicine in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Background. People with diabetes, herbalists, and traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) from Kinshasa use plants to treat diabetes, but no study has inventoried the plants used by these populations. The present study was conducted to identify the plants used in Kinshasa to treat diabetes mellitus. Methods.
Bashige Chiribagula Valentin, Okusa Ndjolo Philippe, Manya Mboni Henry, Félicien Mushagalusa Kasali, Liaqat Hussain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quimiotaxonomia da superordem Zingiberiflorae (sensu Dahlgren) I: flavonóides como marcadores quimiossistemáticos Chemotaxonomy of superorder Zingiberiflorae [sensu Dahlgren] I: flavonoids

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 1993
A análise das características flavonoídicas da ordem Zingiberales (superordem Zingiberiflorae, Monocotyledonae) reforçou a separação das suas famílias em dois grupos: grupo I (Strelitziaceae, Heliconiaceae, Musaceae e Lowiaceae) e grupo II (Zingiberaceae,
Helena Regina Lima Pugialli, Maria Auxiliadora C Kaplan, Otto R Gottlieb   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Costus speciosus J Koenig (Costaceae) exerts anti-proliferative effect on breast cancer cells via induction of cell cycle arrest and inhibition of activity of metalloproteinase-2

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2022
Purpose: To Investigate the antiproliferative effect of n-hexane-diethyl ether fraction of Costus speciosus (NP) on triple negative breast cancer (MDA-MB-231) cells, and the mechanism involved.
N. Bawakid, A. Abdel-Lateff, Fardous F. El-Senduny, W. Alarif   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Costus loangensis, an exciting new species from Gabon, Africa

PhytoKeys, 2012
A new species of spiral ginger (Costus: Costaceae) from Gabon, Africa is described. Costus loangensis H. Maas & Maas is found in the coastal region on white sand soils under a tropical rain forest canopy. It is morphologically distinct from all other
Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer, Paul J.M. Maas, Chelsea Specht   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Costus afer Ker Gawl (Costaceae): A Review on Its Medicinal uses with Focus on Potential Anti-Inflammatory Effect

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 2022
More than 80% of the population in Africa by the World Health Organization (WHO) leans on endogenous knowledge to solve their primary health care problems.
J. Divengi, Assumani Zabo Idrissa, Dorah Mwenyi Kabasele, P. Mbuyi, Innocent Shongo Walle, Victorine Mbo Lesse, Randy Isaya Kiala, Philipe Sansi Nzinga, Richard Mananga Bongo, Jean ZA Nza Ntezolo, F. Mukeba, Benjamin Mbenza Longo, Paulin K Mutwale, G. Mesia, G. Tona   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A new species of Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Dominica [PDF]

, 2008
A new species of Cephaloleia, C. simplex from Dominica, is described and illustrated.
Staines, Charles L.
core   +1 more source

Đặc điểm hình thái - giải phẫu và định tính thành phần hóa học của cây mía dò (costus specciosus (koen.) sm.), họ costaceae

Tập san Khoa học và kỹ thuật trường Đại học Bình Dương, 2022
Cây Mía dò với tên khoa học là Costus specciosus (Koen.) Sm. thuộc họ Gừng(Zingiberaceae) được chứng minh là có tác dụng chữa tiểu đường và giảm cholesterol rấthiệu quả. Tuy nhiên, hiện tại vẫn chưa có nhiều tài liệu nghiên cứu đầy đủ về các đặc điểmhình
Văn Út Lê
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inter-relações das famílias das Zingiberales

Ornamental Horticulture, 1995
A ordem Zingiberales (Scitamineae, Scitaminales) é claramente delimitada e aceita como um grupo natural de oito famílias: Zingiberaceae, Costaceae, Marantaceae, Cannaceae, Lowiaceae, Musaceae, Heliconiaceae e Strelitziaceae.
Carlos Eduardo Ferreira de Castro
doaj   +1 more source

An addition to the alien flora of Java: the first record of adventive Costus dubius (Costaceae)

JURNAL BIOLOGI TROPIS, 2021
More than 6000 plant species, native and introduced, have been recorded in Java that includes the Costaceae family. In the last few years, several additions of alien Costus species have been published from Java. In 2019, a set of specimens of wild Costus
W. Mustaqim, E. Setiawan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bilirubin Present in Diverse Angiosperms [PDF]

, 2010
Background and aims: Bilirubin is an orange-yellow tetrapyrrole produced from the breakdown of heme by mammals and some other vertebrates. Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria synthesize molecules similar to bilirubin, including the protein-bound bilins and ...
Johnson, Jodie V., Lee, David W., Pirone, Cary, Priestap, Horacio A., Quirke, J. Martin E.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources