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Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Utilized by Traditional Healers in Managing Respiratory Tract Infections in the Kagera Region, Tanzania. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in many low‐and middle‐income countries. In most of these countries, including Tanzania, medicinal plants (MPs) are primarily used to manage various ailments, though the majority are not yet documented.
Mogha NG, Sola PE, Mbukwa EA, Kalokora OJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ethnopharmacological Potentials of Warburgia ugandensis and Aspilia Africana for the treatment of malaria, a deadly tropical disease

Integrative Medicine Research, 2020
Denis Okello, Youngmin Kang
doaj   +2 more sources

Safety and Efficacy of Medicinal Plants Used to Manufacture Herbal Products with Regulatory Approval in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2022
Introduction. The Uganda National Drug Authority requires phytochemical screening, freedom from microbial contamination, and evidence of safety and efficacy of the constituent plants to register herbal products. Since Uganda has no pharmacopeia, safety, efficacy, and plant processing information are not readily available.
Kaggwa B, Kyeyune H, Munanura EI, Anywar G, Lutoti S, Aber J, Bagoloire LK, Weisheit A, Tolo CU, Kamba PF, Ogwang PE.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY OF THE METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF Warbugia ugadensis SEED OIL ON Aedes aegypti

Journal of Science, Innovation and Creativity, 2022
Mosquito is a vector implicated with Vector-borne diseases such as malaria (Anopheles’ species) dengue (Aedes species) and west Nile fever (Culex species).
JudyAnn Matura, Michael Walekhwa, Filex Otieno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

9-Deoxymuzigadial, a Sesquiterpene Isolated From Drimys brasiliensis (Winteraceae), Displays Reduced Cytotoxicity In Vitro and Modulates Leukocyte Activity and Fibrogenesis In Vivo. [PDF]

Chem Biodivers
ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to investigate in vitro cytotoxic potential and the effects of daily administration during the inflammatory response induced by sponge implants in mice of the sesquiterpene 9‐deoxymuzigadial (9‐DOM), isolated from Drimys brasiliensis (Winteraceae).
Ferreira BA, Cassimiro IS, de Moura FBR, de Campos Lima T, Napolitano DR, Umehara E, Lago JHG, Araújo FA.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Warburgia ugandensis Sprague

, 2022
Published as part of Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp.
Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan, Wang, Qing-Feng   +3 more
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Telomerase RNA gene paralogs in plants – the usual pathway to unusual telomeres

New Phytologist, Volume 239, Issue 6, Page 2353-2366, September 2023., 2023
Summary Telomerase, telomeric DNA and associated proteins together represent a complex, finely tuned and functionally conserved mechanism that ensures genome integrity by protecting and maintaining chromosome ends. Changes in its components can threaten an organism's viability.
Michal Závodník, Petr Fajkus, Michal Franek, David Kopecký, Sònia Garcia, Steven Dodsworth, Andrés Orejuela, Agata Kilar, Jiří Ptáček, Martin Mátl, Anna Hýsková, Jiří Fajkus, Vratislav Peška   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to approach a study in ethnopharmacology? Providing an example of the different research stages for newcomers to the field today

Pharmacology Research &Perspectives, Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Ethnopharmacology seeks to investigate humankind's use of natural materials, such as plants, fungi, microorganisms, animals, and minerals, for medicinal purposes. In this highly interdisciplinary field, which can be described as a bridge between the natural/medical and socio‐cultural sciences, pharmacological, anthropological, and socio ...
Fabien Schultz, Leif‐Alexander Garbe
wiley   +1 more source

Biofilm inhibiting properties of compounds from the leaves of Warburgia ugandensis Sprague subsp ugandensis against Candida and staphylococcal biofilms [PDF]

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2020
Warburgia ugandensis Sprague subspecies ugandensis is a plant widely distributed in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. In humans, it is used to treat respiratory infections, tooth aches, malaria, skin infections, venereal diseases, diarrhea, fevers and aches.This study aims to identify the bioactive compounds against clinically important biofilm ...
Kipanga, Purity N., Liu, Maoxuan, Panda, Sujogya K., Anh, Hung Mai, Veryser, Cedrick, Van Puyvelde, Luc, De Borggraeve, Wim M., Van Dijck, Patrick, Matasyoh, Josphat, Luyten, Walter   +9 more
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Recovery patterns in community composition of fruit‐feeding butterflies following 26 years of active forest restoration

Ecosphere, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023
Abstract Restoration of forests is now considered an essential tool to combat climate change and the global biodiversity decline. However, our understanding of how animal communities recover after restoration interventions in tropical forests is limited.
Eveliina Korkiatupa, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Ryosuke Nakadai, Margaret Nyafwono, Perpetra Akite, Sille Holm, Wouter van Goor, Richard Kigenyi, Anu Valtonen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source