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Safety of Prunus africana and Warburgia ugandensis in asthma treatment
South African Journal of Botany, 2013 AbstractThe aim of the study was to determine the possible cytotoxicity of the aqueous stem bark extracts of Prunus africana and Warburgia ugandensis to Vero E6 cells and acute toxicity in BALB/c mice. Despite being some of the most popular medicinal plants used in Africa, little is known about the safety.
Karani, L.W. +3 more
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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 +6 more
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Regeneration of the East African greenheart, Warburgia ugandensis (Sprague) through tissue culture
African Journal of Biotechnology, 2012 Warburgia ugandensis is a medicinal plant in the family Canellaceae. There has been a very high demand for Warburgia products for medicinal purposes leading to overexploitation. Warburgia also produces recalcitrant seeds, a fact that has hindered the natural regeneration of this species.
Kuria, MW +4 more
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Anticancer Activity of Natural and Semi-Synthetic Drimane and Coloratane Sesquiterpenoids [PDF]
, 2023 Drimane and coloratane sesquiterpenoids are present in several plants, microorganisms, and marine life. Because of their cytotoxic activity, these sesquiterpenoids have received increasing attention as a source for new anticancer drugs and pharmacophores.
Beckmann, Lorenz +3 more
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Insects, 2019 The overuse of insecticides with limited modes of action has led to resistance in mosquito vectors. Thus, insecticides with novel modes of action are needed.
Edna Alfaro Inocente +8 more
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Antibacterial and antifungal activities of extracts of Zanthoxylum chalybeum and Warburgia ugandensis, Ugandan medicinal plants. [PDF]
Afr Health Sci, 2001 Measles is a killer disease of children in Uganda. The treatment of the disease is mainly directed at the secondary microbial infections. A large proportion of the population in Uganda still relies on the use of herbal remedies, which have been claimed to produce beneficial responses.
Olila D, Olwa-Odyek, Opuda-Asibo J.
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Antimicrobial activity of Warbugia ugandensis against gramnegative multi‐drug resistant bacteria [PDF]
, 2015 The rise in antibiotic resistance has resulted in decreasing numbers of effective antimicrobial agents available to treat infections caused by multi‐drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. This has necessitated a search for new antimicrobial agents.
Budambula, NLM, Kiiru, J, Njire, MM
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A review on the botanical aspects, phytochemical contents and pharmacological activities of Warburgia ugandensis [PDF]
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2018 Warburgia ugandensis Sprague (Family Canellacea) commonly known as Ugandan greenheart or pepper bark tree, is a highly valued medicinal plant in traditional medicine with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity whose parts especially the leaves and stem bark have for long been used in the treatment and management of many diseases and health ...
Okello Denis +3 more
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The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2021 Early and late blights in tomatoes are among the most destructive diseases. The causative agents are Alternaria solani and Phytophthora infestans respectively. Warburgia ugandensis extracts have been demonstrated to have wide prophylactic and curative use as biocontrol agents against fungal and bacterial pathogens in animals but not in plants ...
Esther W Kamau +3 more
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An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Mana Angetu District, South Eastern Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2008 This study documents indigenous medicinal plant utilization, management and the threats affecting them. The study was carried out in Mana Angetu district between January 2003 and December 2004.
Bekele, Tamrat +3 more
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