Publications
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| estimates of nitrogen fixation by trees on an aridity gradient in namibia. | nitrogen (n2) fixation was estimated along an aridity gradient in namibia from the natural abundance of (15)n (δ(15)n value) in 11 woody species of the mimosacease which were compared with the δ(15)n values in 11 woody non-mimosaceae. averaging all species and habitats the calculated contribution of n2 fixation (n f ) to leaf nitrogen (n) concentration of mimosaceae averaged about 30%, with large variation between and within species. while in acacia albida n f was only 2%, it was 49% in acacia h ... | 1991 | 28313810 |
| antibacterial activity of dichrostachys cinerea. | the antibacterial activities of the chloroform, methanol and aqueous extracts of dichrostachys cinerea fruits and leaves are reported. | 2000 | 10844173 |
| an ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (njovhera) in guruve district, zimbabwe. | the use of medicinal plants in guruve district, zimbabwe, contributes significantly to primary health care of the people of the area. this paper presents findings of a survey of plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) in the district. ethnobotanical information obtained from traditional herbalists and other knowledgeable rural dwellers, has revealed 15 plant species belonging to 10 families as medicinal plants used for the treatment of these infections in the area. ... | 2001 | 11483371 |
| more woody plants? the status of bush encroachment in botswana's grazing areas. | foci points, which are currently intensified by increased anthropogenic activities, have resulted in vegetation changes in the cattle-dominated grazing areas of botswana. bush encroachment species--for instance acacia tortilis, a. erubescens, a. mellifera, dichrostachys cinerea, grewia flava, and terminalia sericea--are increasing in cover and density around foci points (e.g. water points and kraals) at the expense of the grass cover. a number of factors have the effect of encouraging the germin ... | 2002 | 11876072 |
| novel 3-o-acyl mesquitol analogues as free-radical scavengers and enzyme inhibitors: synthesis, biological evaluation and structure-activity relationship. | a new isomer of mesquitol (2,3-trans-3',4',7,8-tetrahydroxyflavan-3-ol) was isolated from dichrostachys cinerea in excellent yields. it has shown free-radical scavenging property and alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activities but, it could not display xanthine oxidase inhibitory property. however, it was observed that acylation of 3-oh group significantly enhanced the alpha-glucosidase inhibition and displayed xanthine oxidase inhibitory potential. the structure activity relationship revealed that ... | 2003 | 12873513 |
| bush selection along foraging pathways by sympatric impala and greater kudu. | in order to identify the selection mechanism of two sympatric african browsers, we analysed encounter rates and selection of bushes along foraging pathways. we monitored the tracks, left overnight, by kudu and impala on an experimental plot of natural acacia nilotica and dichrostachys cinerea in the highveld of zimbabwe, and recorded the number of bushes attacked in each category. both ungulates were selective for the bush categories, but kudu were consistently more selective than impala, and sh ... | 2004 | 15278425 |
| effects of fire and fire intensity on the germination and establishment of acacia karroo, acacia nilotica, acacia luederitzii and dichrostachys cinerea in the field. | while fire has been used in some instances to control the increase of woody plants, it has also been reported that fire may cause an increase in certain fire-tolerant acacia tree species. this study investigated germination of acacia karroo, a. luederitzii and dichrostachys cinerea, thought to be increasing in density, as well as the historically successful encroaching woody species, a. nilotica, in savanna grassland, hluhluwe-imfolozi park, south africa. a. karroo is thought to be replacing a. ... | 2004 | 15068486 |
| effect of doe milking and supplementation using dichrostachys cinerea pods on kid and doe performance in grazing goats during the dry season. | effects of supplementation and milking of matebele does four weeks pre-partum to weaning, on milk yield, kid birth weight and growth rate were studied. forty does were divided into four treatments: supplemented and milked (sm), supplemented and not milked (snm), not supplemented and milked (nsm); and not supplemented and not milked (nsnm). supplemented goats were given 200 g/doe/day of dichrostachys cinerea pods containing 19% cp. the study was carried out in september during time of feed unavai ... | 2009 | 18726706 |
| meroterpenes from dichrostachys cinerea inhibit protein farnesyl transferase activity. | eighteen new meroterpene derivatives, dichrostachines a-r (1-18), have been isolated from the root and stem barks of dichrostachys cinerea, and their structures determined by spectroscopic means and molecular modeling. from a biosynthetic standpoint these compounds arise from a diels-alder reaction between a labdane diene of the raimonol type and a flavonoid b-ring-derived quinone. the hypothesis was tested by the partial synthesis of similar compounds by simply mixing methyl communate and a syn ... | 2009 | 19761234 |
| determination of potentially toxic heavy metals in traditionally used medicinal plants for hiv/aids opportunistic infections in ngamiland district in northern botswana. | the determination of four potentially toxic heavy metals, arsenic, chromium, lead and nickel in twelve plant species used for the treatment of perceived hiv and aids-associated opportunistic infections by traditional healers in ngamiland district in northern botswana, a metal mining area, was carried out using atomic absorption spectrometry. the medicinal plants; dichrostachys cinerea, maerua angolensis, mimusops zeyheri, albizia anthelmintica, plumbago zeylanica, combretum imberbe, indigofera f ... | 2011 | 22632043 |
| tracheal relaxation of five ivorian anti-asthmatic plants: role of epithelium and k⁺ channels in the effect of the aqueous-alcoholic extract of dichrostachys cinerea root bark. | leaves of boerhavia diffusa (nyctaginaceae), baphia nitida, cassia occidentalis, desmodium adscendens (fabaceae), and root bark of dichrostachys cinerea (fabaceae) are used in ivory coast for the treatment of asthma. the aim of this study was to evaluate the potential airway relaxant activity of different extracts of these plants. | 2011 | 21963567 |
| evaluation of acute toxicity and hepatoprotective activity of the methanolic extract of dichrostachys cinerea (wight and arn.) leaves. | d. cinerea are the chief source of drug compounds that are active against various ailments such as jaundice, inflammations rheumatism, fever, asthma, body ache, chest problems, toothache, ulcers, wounds, eye diseases and have an aphrodisiac property. in present study, it was aimed to test the hepatoprotective activity of the plant. | 2011 | 21731394 |
| dichrostachys cinerea (l.) wight et arn (mimosaceae) hydro-alcoholic extract action on the contractility of tracheal smooth muscle isolated from guinea-pig. | dichrostachys cinerea (l.) wight et arn. (mimosaceae) is largely used in ethno-medically across africa, and mainly employed for the treatment of asthma in ivory coast and gabon. the paper analyses the relaxation induced by the methanolic extract of d. cinerea (edici) in the guinea-pig trachea preparations (gptps). purpose: this study aimed to bring out the scientific basis to the use of this plant leading to the validation of this phytomedicine. | 2011 | 21414220 |
| study on the diuretic activity of veerataru kwatha in albino rats. | the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the diuretic activity of veerataru [dichrostachys cinerea (linn.)] kwatha in experimental animals by following the standard procedure. randomly selected animals were divided into three groups of six animals each. the root of veerataru was administered orally in the form of kwatha at a dose of 5.4 and 10.8 ml/kg. parameters like volume of urine, ph of urine and urinary electrolyte concentrations like sodium, potassium and chloride were studied. vee ... | 2011 | 22529658 |
| anti-inflammatory activity of crude saponin extracts from five nigerian medicinal plants. | crude saponin extracts of five medicinal plants used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, gout and haemorrhoids were screened for anti-inflammatory activity using carrageenan-induced rat paw oedema test. these plants were the whole plant of schwenkia americana linn (wsa), the rhizomes of asparagus africanus lam (raa), the leaves of dichrostachys cinerea linn (ldc), the stem bark of ficus iteophylla miq (bfi) and the leaves of indigofera pulchra willd (lip). a modi ... | 2012 | 23983342 |
| low-impact chemical weed control techniques in unesco world heritage sites of cuba. | dichrostachys cinerea is a thorny, acacia-like, fast-growing woody bush which invades fields, wasteland, road sides and other disturbed areas. this gregarious species has become a very aggressive invasive weed in cuba, where no native predators or pathogens are found. it often encroaches in fallows, overgrazed areas and mismanaged veld. d. cinerea is a very difficult weed to eliminate because of its active suckering, and is liable to produce dense thickets which are quite impenetrable on account ... | 2012 | 23878993 |
| new advanced glycation end-products inhibitors from dichrostachys cinerea wight & arn. | free radical scavenging and advanced glycation end-product (age) inhibitory potential were evaluated in the crude methanol extract of dichrostachys cinerea. bioassay-guided isolation led to the identification of four flavan-3-ols, namely (-)-mesquitol (1), oritin (2), (-)-festidinol (3) and (-)-epicatechin (4). analysis of structure-activity relationships revealed that the presence of 7,8-dihydroxyl groups in the a-ring of flavan-3-ols in conjunction with 3',4'-dihydroxyls in the b-ring (1) is a ... | 2012 | 21706215 |
| effects of season, browse species and polyethylene glycol addition on gas production kinetics of forages in the subhumid subtropical savannah, south africa. | this study was conducted to investigate the effects of season, species and polyethylene glycol addition on gas production (gp) and gp kinetic parameters by in vitro incubation (72 h) of five plant species from the subhumid subtropical savannah, south africa. plant species used were acacia natalitia, acacia nilotica, dichrostachys cinerea, scutia myrtina and chromolaena odorata, leaves of which were harvested during the dry (june/july), early wet (november/december) and late wet (february/march) ... | 2013 | 23015416 |
| phytochemical analysis of ethanolic extract of dichrostachys cinerea w and arn leaves by a thin layer chromatography, high performance thin layer chromatography and column chromatography. | the leaves of dichrostachys cinerea are used as laxative, diuretic, painkiller. it is also used in the treatment of gonorrhoea, boils, oedema, gout, veneral diseases and nasopharyngeal affections, etc. | 2013 | 24991072 |
| clinical evaluation of veerataru (dichrostachys cinerea linn.) in the management of mootrakruchchhra (dysuria). | veerataru is quoted to be effective in various conditions of mootravaha srotodushti such as mootrakruchchhra (dysuria), mootraghata (anuria), ashmari (urinary calculi), sharkara (concretions) etc., by various acharyas. mootrakruchchhra (dysuria) is a disease of basti (bladder). it comes under mootraapravruttijanyavyadhi, where kruchchhrata (shoola -pain and daha-burning) during mootra pravrutti is the chief symptom. as per modern view, dysuria is a leading feature of lower or mid urinary tract i ... | 2013 | 24501517 |
| ethno-veterinary control of bovine dermatophilosis and ticks in zhombe, njelele and shamrock resettlement in zimbabwe. | a structured questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the ethno-veterinary practices and other control methods used by smallholder farmers for the management of bovine dermatophilosis and ticks. a total of 153 farmers were interviewed from njelele, zhombe communal and shamrock resettlement areas. crop production contributed most to livelihoods (83.2 %) while livestock contributed 9.0 %. over 90 % of the respondents had attended school up to primary level, with 11.4 % undergoing animal hea ... | 2013 | 23054800 |
| the antimosquito properties of extracts from flowering plants in south africa. | extracts of selected flowering plants, which are considered eco-friendly, are used for the treatment of numerous ailments and vector control worldwide. this has resulted in approximately 25 per cent of currently used drugs being derived from herbal sources. the aqueous and methanolic extracts of twelve plant species, psidium guajava (pink fruit), psidium guajava (white fruit), psidium cattleianum var. cattleianum, psidium guineense and psidium x durbanensis, achyranthes aspera, alternanthera ses ... | 2013 | 24522123 |
| brine shrimp toxicity and antimalarial activity of some plants traditionally used in treatment of malaria in msambweni district of kenya. | in kenya, most people especially in rural areas use traditional medicine and medicinal plants to treat many diseases including malaria. malaria is of national concern in kenya, in view of development of resistant strains of plasmodium falciparum to drugs especially chloroquine, which had been effective and affordable. there is need for alternative and affordable therapy. many antimalarial drugs have been derived from medicinal plants and this is evident from the reported antiplasmodial activity. | 2013 | 23791809 |
| woody encroachment reduces nutrient limitation and promotes soil carbon sequestration. | during the past century, the biomass of woody species has increased in many grassland and savanna ecosystems. as many of these species fix nitrogen symbiotically, they may alter not only soil nitrogen (n) conditions but also those of phosphorus (p). we studied the n-fixing shrub dichrostachys cinerea in a mesic savanna in zambia, quantifying its effects upon pools of soil n, p, and carbon (c), and availabilities of n and p. we also evaluated whether these effects induced feedbacks upon the growt ... | 2014 | 24834338 |
| investigation of skin permeation, ex vivo inhibition of venom-induced tissue destruction, and wound healing of african plants used against snakebites. | snakebite envenomation causes 5000-10,000 mortalities and results in more than 5-15,000 amputations in sub-saharan africa alone every year. the inaccessibility of antiserum therapy is a vast problem, and only about 2.5% of the actual need for antiserum in africa is covered. numerous plants have shown in vitro inhibitory activity against one or more of the hydrolytic enzymes involved in snakebite-induced necrosis. however, a more thorough examination of the plant species in ex vivo and in vitro c ... | 2015 | 25681542 |
| study of pharmacological properties of the methanolic extract of dichrostachys cinerea bark (l.) wight et arn (leguminosae) in isolated myometrium from pregnant rats. | the use of medicinal plants in gabon contributes widely to the primary health care of the people of this area of central africa. this paper investigates the pharmacological properties of dichrostachys cinerea, the plant barks are traditionally used by gabonese and ivorian populations to treat bronchial asthma, rheumatism, and other various diseases. although d. cinerea barks have been reported to be used by population to facilitate childbirth, to the best of our knowledge no scientific evidence ... | 2015 | 25914041 |
| brine shrimp cytotoxicity and antimalarial activity of plants traditionally used in treatment of malaria in msambweni district. | in kenya, most people use traditional medicine and medicinal plants to treat many diseases including malaria. to manage malaria, new knowledge and products are needed. traditional herbal medicine has constituted a good basis for antimalarial lead discovery and drug development. | 2015 | 25495507 |
| ethnobotanical study of plants used in the management of hiv/aids-related diseases in livingstone, southern province, zambia. | faced with critical shortages of staff, long queues, and stigma at public health facilities in livingstone, zambia, persons who suffer from hiv/aids-related diseases use medicinal plants to manage skin infections, diarrhoea, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, cough, malaria, and oral infections. in all, 94 medicinal plant species were used to manage hiv/aids-related diseases. most remedies are prepared from plants of various families such as combretaceae, euphorbiaceae, fabaceae, and ... | 2016 | 27069489 |
| traditional herbal remedies and dietary spices from cameroon as novel sources of larvicides against filariasis mosquitoes? | in cameroon, many dietary spices are used by traditional healers to cure several diseases such as cancer and microbial infections. aframomum daniellii, dichrostachys cinerea and echinops giganteus are cameroonian spices widely used as flavourings and as food additives. moreover, they are traditionally herbal remedies employed to treat several diseases, as well as to control populations of insect pests. in this research, we analysed the chemical composition of a. daniellii, d. cinerea and e. giga ... | 2016 | 27679452 |
| detecting trends in landuse and landcover change of nech sar national park, ethiopia. | nech sar national park (nsnp) is one of the most important biodiversity centers in ethiopia. in recent years, a widespread decline of the terrestrial ecosystems has been reported, yet to date there is no comprehensive assessment on degradation across the park. in this study, changes in landcover were analyzed using 30 m spatial resolution landsat imagery. interannual variations of normalized difference vegetation index (ndvi) were examined and compared with climatic variables. the result present ... | 2016 | 26298672 |
| preference of goats (capra hircus l.) for tanniniferous browse species available in semi-arid areas in ethiopia. | the objectives were to determine browse species preference of goats using dry matter intake (dmi) as a proxy, to compare preference when offered in combination with polyethylene glycol (peg) and to establish relationships between browse species intake and chemical compositional data. air-dried leaves of acacia etbaica, cadaba farinosa, capparis tomentosa, dichrostachys cinerea, dodonaea angustifolia, euclea racemosa, maerua angolensis, maytenus senegalensis, rhus natalensis and senna singueana w ... | 2016 | 27896860 |
| the in vitro anthelmintic properties of browse plant species against haemonchus contortus is determined by the polyphenol content and composition. | the aims of the present study were to (a) evaluate the anthelmintic activity of 10 east african browse plant extracts, (b) examine their role in inhibition of haemonchus contortus larval exsheathment, (c) establish relationship between inhibition of larval exsheathment and browse plant extract polyphenol composition. acetone/water (70/30%) extracts of air dried leaves of acacia etbaica, cadaba farinosa, capparis tomentosa, dichrostachys cinerea, dodonaea angustifolia, euclea racemosa, maerua ang ... | 2017 | 28262394 |
| antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of selected species used in livestock health management. | salvadora persica l. (salvadoraceae), colophospermum mopane (j.kirk ex benth.) j. léonard (leguminosae) and dichrostachys cinerea (l.) wight & arn. (leguminosae) crude extracts are used by local farmers against many livestock infections with little or no side effects usually associated with synthetic antimicrobials. however, their efficacy has rarely been tested. | 2017 | 28187694 |