Waltheria indica has been claimed to be used in managing several diseases traditional medicine, although substantial scientific data are not available as regards its safety despite pronounced efficacy management of some ailments. Therefore, methanol leaf extract W. was evaluated for effects on toxicological parameters using experimental animals. However, acute and sub-acute toxicity were carrie...

Pterospermum acerifolium (L) Willd (Family: Sterculiaceae) has long been used traditionally for the treatment of painful inflammatory conditions in the Indian folk medicine. Objective: In the present study we have evaluated antinociceptive effects and anti-inflammatory effects of unsaponified petroleum ether extract of Pterospermum acerifolium leaves (USPEL, 100 and 200 mg/kg orally) and isolat...

Pterygota macrocarpa and Cola gigantea are African medicinal plants used in traditional medicine for the treatment of sores, skin infections, and other inflammatory conditions including pains. This study therefore aims at investigating the antimicrobial properties of ethanol leaf and stem bark extracts of P. macrocarpa and C. gigantea using the agar diffusion and the micro-dilution techniques a...