Combined action of Vernonia amygdalinaone the herbs belonging to family Asteraceae and other pharmacognostic raw materials has been used in traditional medicine for ages. It produces quick therapeutic results treatment various conditions diseases such as malaria, diabetes, inflammation, hypertension mention but few. Aim: This work is the“screening wound healing effect Elaeis guineensis oil, ext...

To investigate the antioxidant activity and antibacterial of Vernonia cumingiana Benth, in this study, spectrophotometry assays were used to determine indexes vitro, including 1,1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging capacity total capacity, aiming understand its pharmacodynamic components. The results showed that different component extracts had high DPPH ability highest ...

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Animal self-medication and ethnomedicine 3. The impact of parasites on the evolution of self-medicative behavior 4. Food as medicine in animals and humans 5. Use of plants as medicine by chimpanzees in the wild 5.1. Whole leaf swallowing and the physical expulsion of parasite 5.2. Vernonia amygdalina and bitter pith chewing behavior 5.3. The ethnomedicine and phytoch...

Two Bangladeshi medicinal plants Tridax procumbens and Vernonia cinerea have been investigated for their in vitro thrombolytic, membrane stabilizing and cytotoxic properties. The total phenolic content was also determined and expressed in gallic acid equivalent. Among the two plants, the methanol extract of T. procumbens exhibited highest thrombolytic activity with clot lysis value of 21.15%. S...

Seventeen genera and 48 species, in five subtribes, are recognized in Thailand. These include 15 endemic taxa, half of which are in the largest genus, Acilepis, with others in the genera Camchaya, Koyamasia, and Okia. A new monotypic genus, Pulicarioidea, is established with P. annamica, the new name for the species formerly known as Vernonia pulicarioides. New combinations are also made for Ac...

Aqueous, methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts of 14 plants used in traditional Zulu medicine for treatment of ailments of an infectious nature were screened for antibacterial activity. Most of the activity detected was against gram-positive bacteria. Tuber bark extracts of Dioscorea sylvatica had activity against gram-negative Escherichia coli and extracts of Dioscorea dregeana, Cheilanthes vi...