The present investigation reports the phytochemical analyses of Cleome viscosa L. leaves. The bioactive compounds were screened as per standard laboratory procedures and the results evaluated. Extracts of shade dried leaves were prepared in four solvents namely distilled water, methanol, acetone and petroleum ether. The phytochemical analyses revealed the presence of large range of bioactive co...

The present study aimed to investigate the acute antihyperglycemic effects of four different solvent extracts (Petroleum ether, acetone, absolute ethanol and water) of two plants: Cleome rutidosperma (leaves) and Senecio biafrae (root) in STZ-induced diabetic mice and their in vitro antioxidant activities as well as their phytoconstituents. A single administration of the extracts at a dose of 5...

BACKGROUND Cleome gynandra L. (Capparaceae) is an edible weed used in Uganda topically for its presumed antifungal activity against Tinea capitis. The goal of this study was to determine if this plant possesses antifungal activity in vitro, since T. capitis is a pervasive infection among especially rural children. METHODS Antifungal activity assay was performed by Broth dilution method, and t...

BACKGROUND Most agricultural weeds are usually regarded as undesirable and targeted for eradication. However, weeds are useful to human beings as food and traditional medicines. Few studies have been done to document the uses of weeds as traditional vegetables. This study was therefore, done to document indigenous knowledge related to the diversity and use of agricultural weeds as traditional v...

Over 80% of pregnant women in Western Uganda deliver at home with the assistance of mainly traditional birth attendants who use herbal remedies to complete the processes of child bearing in the rural communities. In Uganda, complications resulting from reproductive health related conditions such as maternal mortality and morbidity (20.4%) account for number one problem among the disease burden ...

R. Ordinola-Zapata 1 , C. Monteiro Bramante 1 , I. Gomes de Moraes 1 , N. Bernardineli 1 , V. Carvalho Porto 2 , AP. Campanelli 3 , RB Garcia 1 and M. Húngaro Duarte 1 . 1 Department of Endodontics, University of São Paulo, Av. O. Pinheiro Brisola 9-75, 17012-901, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 2 Department of Prosthodontics, University of São Paulo, Av. O. Pinheiro Brisola 9-75, 17012-901, Bauru, SP, Braz...

A new species of Orthosiphon (Lamiaceae), Orthosiphoncinereus A.J.Paton, sp. nov. from Angola is described and the eight species of Orthosiphon in Angola listed with reference to previous accounts. Orthosiphonnewtonii Briq. is reduced to the synonymy of Endostemontubulascens (Briq.) M.Ashby.