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Evaluation of the Stem Bark Extract Picralima nitida for Antinociceptive Property
International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review, 2020 Aims: To investigate the antinociceptive property of Picralima nitida stem bark methanol extract. Place and duration of study: Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria from February to July, 2020. Methodology: The extraction was done by cold ...
Igwe, K. K, Ikpeazu, O. V, Ezeja, M. I
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Moisture-Dependent Physical Properties of Àbèèrè (Picralima nitida) Seeds
Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, 2015 Some relevant engineering properties of Àbèèrè (Picralima nitida) seeds are needed for the design of its processing equipments. The geometric, gravimetric and frictional properties of Àbèèrè seed in the moisture content ranges of 7.98% - 47.77% (wb) were investigated.
Aremu, A K, Duduyemi, A S
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Journal of Diseases and Medicinal PlantsOver the years, traditional societies and ethnic nationalities have engaged plants with medicinal properties for the treatment of a range of diseases without any scientific knowledge of it inherent bioactive compounds that are responsible for its ...
Chibuzo H. Onwuegbuchulam +2 more
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, 2021 Picralima nitida (Apocynaceae) represents is an important African medicinal plant species. It is frequently used in traditional medicine and pharmaceutical industries for drugs manufacturing against infectious diseases, malaria and diabetes and ...
G. C. Akabassi +3 more
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Anti‐Infective and Antiproliferative Potential of African Medicinal Plants
, 2012 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012.
Victor Kuete +2 more
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Toxicopathological evaluation of Picralima nitida seed aqueous extract in Wistar rats
Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, 2014 Objective: Picralima nitida is a widely used medicinal plant in West Africa for treating malaria, diarrhea and inflammation. The objective of this study is to evaluate the toxicological effect of aqueous seed extract of the plant in Wistar rats. Methods: Twenty-four apparently healthy animals were randomized into 4 groups comprising 6 rats each and ...
Taofik Olatunde Sunmonu +4 more
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Original mechanisms of antipsychotic action by the indole alkaloid alstonine (Picralima nitida)
Phytomedicine, 2015 Alstonine is the major component of plant based remedies that traditional psychiatrists use in Nigeria. Alstonine is an indole alkaloid that has an antipsychotic experimental profile comparable with that of clozapine and is compatible with the alleged effects in mental patients.
Linck, Viviane M. +6 more
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Journal of Natural Products, 2020 Five new monoterpene indole alkaloids (1-5), including four serpentinine-related bisindoles and one alstonine derivative monomer, have been isolated from the aerial parts of Picralima nitida. Their structures were elucidated by analysis of their HRMS and
C. Alcover +10 more
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Isolation and Pharmacological Characterization of Six Opioidergic Picralima nitida Alkaloids.
Journal of Natural Products, 2020 The seeds of the akuamma tree (Picralima nitida) have been used as a traditional treatment for pain and fever. Previous studies have attributed these effects to a series of indole alkaloids found within the seed extracts; however, these pharmacological ...
Simone M Creed +7 more
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The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2016 This research aimed at investigating the in vivo Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-mediated hepatotoxicity of methanolic seed extract of Picralima nitida (P. nitida) using Wistar rats. Twenty five (25) rats randomly selected into five groups of five animals were used in this research.
Idu MacDonald +3 more
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