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Isolation and Characterization of Sesquiterpenes from Stem Bark of Warburgia ugandensis Sprague

Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry, 2020
Warburgia ugandensis Sprague is one of the medicinal plants traditionally used to treat a number of diseases like asthma, cough, diarrhea, common cold, stomachache and toothache in Ethiopia.
Teshome Gonfa Hordofa
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An Annotated Inventory of Tanzanian Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used for the Treatment of Respiratory Bacterial Infections

Plants, 2022
This review comprehensively covers and analyzes scientific information on plants used in Tanzanian traditional medicine against respiratory diseases. It covers ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological information extracted from SciFinder, Google Scholar ...
Ester Innocent, Alphonce Ignace Marealle, Peter Imming, Lucie Moeller   +3 more
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A Review on Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Respiratory Problems in Ethiopia over a Twenty‐Year Period (2000–2021)

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
This review is aimed at assessing and compiling the different ethnomedicinal studies in different parts of Ethiopia used to treat respiratory diseases. The data were collected from different published research papers through searching the web sources such as PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and other related websites.
Abebe Ayele Haile, Berhanu Abraha Tsegay, Ali Seid, Wubet Adnew, Admasu Moges, Abimbola Oluyori   +5 more
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Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Livestock Ailments in Basona Werana District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
This study was conducted on medicinal plants used for the treatment of human and livestock ailments in Basona Werana District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region. Data were collected through semi‐structured interviews, field walk observation, preference, and direct matrix ranking with randomly and purposefully selected informants.
Moa Megersa, Nigussie Tamrat, Woon-Man Kung   +2 more
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Anthelmintic Agents from African Medicinal Plants: Review and Prospects

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Soil‐transmitted helminthiasis affects more than 1.5 billion people globally and largely remains a sanitary problem in Africa. These infections place a huge economic burden on poor countries and affect livestock production, causing substantial economic losses and poor animal health. The emergence of anthelmintic resistance, especially in livestock, and
Jonathan Jato, Emmanuel Orman, Yaw Duah Boakye, Emelia Oppong Bekoe, Samuel Oppong Bekoe, Samuel Asare-Nkansah, Verena Spiegler, Andreas Hensel, Eva Liebau, Christian Agyare, Harish Chandra   +10 more
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(1R,4R,5aS,7S,9aS)-7,9a-Dimethyl-6-methylene-3-oxo-1,3,4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a-decahydronaphtho[1,2-c]furan-1,4-diyl diacetate

Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2012
The title compound, C19H24O6, is a sesquiterpene lactone isolated from the Kenyan plant Warburgia ugandensis. Ring A adopts a chair conformation, ring B is in a C2 twist conformation and the lactone ring is nearly planar with maximum deviation 0.007&#
Mercy Mudyiwa, Mohamed S. Rajab, Frank R. Fronczek, Steven F. Watkins   +3 more
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Remotely sensed vegetation greening along a restoration gradient of a tropical forest, Kibale National Park, Uganda

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 32, Issue 18, Page 5166-5177, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Restoration has now emerged as a global priority, with international initiatives such as the “UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030)”. To fulfill the large‐scale global restoration ambitions, an essential step is the monitoring of vegetation recovery after restoration interventions.
Anu Valtonen, Eveliina Korkiatupa, Sille Holm, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Ryosuke Nakadai   +4 more
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Antiinflammatory Medicinal Plants from the Ugandan Greater Mpigi Region Act as Potent Inhibitors in the COX-2/PGH₂ Pathway

Plants, 2021
Our study investigates 16 medicinal plants via assessment of inhibition of proinflammatory enzymes such as cyclooxygenases (COX). The plants are used by traditional healers in the Greater Mpigi region in Uganda to treat inflammation and related disorders.
Fabien Schultz, Ogechi Favour Osuji, Barbara Wack, Godwin Anywar, Leif-Alexander Garbe   +4 more
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Pharmacological Assessment of the Antiprotozoal Activity, Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Malaria in the Greater Mpigi Region in Uganda

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
We investigated the potential antimalarial and toxicological effects of 16 medicinal plants frequently used by traditional healers to treat malaria, fever, and related disorders in the Greater Mpigi region in Uganda. Species studied were Albizia coriaria,
Fabien Schultz, Fabien Schultz, Ogechi Favour Osuji, Anh Nguyen, Godwin Anywar, John R. Scheel, John R. Scheel, Guy Caljon, Luc Pieters, Leif-Alexander Garbe, Leif-Alexander Garbe   +10 more
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Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, and phytochemistry of traditional medicinal plants used in the management of symptoms of tuberculosis in East Africa: a systematic review

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020
Objective Many studies on the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) using herbal medicines have been undertaken in recent decades in East Africa. The details, however, are highly fragmented.
Samuel Baker Obakiro, Ambrose Kiprop, Isaac Kowino, Elizabeth Kigondu, Mark Peter Odero, Timothy Omara, Lydia Bunalema   +6 more
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