| antimycoplasmal activity of some plant species from northern nigeria compared to the currently used therapeutic agent. | mycoplasma spp. are obligate parasites of humans and animals. but due to the special requirements needed to culture mycoplasma in the laboratory, little or no research has been done to evaluate the efficacy of medicinal plants on the organism. | 2010 | 20819025 |
| anthelmintic potential of three plants used in nigerian ethnoveterinary medicine. | the leaves of irvingia gabonensis baill. ex lanen (irvingiaceae), ficus exasperata vahl (moraceae), and vernonia amygdalina delile (asteraceae) are folklorically used in treating worm infestation in eastern nigeria. the anthelmintic potential of the ethanol extracts of the leaves of i. gabonensis, f. exasperata, and v. amygdalina was investigated. | 2013 | 23153212 |
| essential oil constituents of eclipta prostrata (l.) l. and vernonia amygdalina delile. | the chemical composition of the essential oils from the leaves and stem bark of eclipta prostrata (l.) l. and the aerial parts of vernonia amygdalina delile (asteraceae) have been analyzed by capillary gas chromatography (gc) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (gc/ms). the investigation led to the identification of 33 and 30 compounds in the oils of the leaves and stem of e. prostrate, respectively, and 40 compounds in the oil of v. amygdalina. while the oil of the leaves of e. prostrata w ... | 2009 | 19413125 |
| p-glycoprotein mediated efflux in caco-2 cell monolayers: the influence of herbals on digoxin transport. | several herbal medicines are concomitantly used with conventional medicines with a resultant increase in the recognition of herb-drug interactions. the phytomedicines vernonia amygdalina delile (va), family asteraceae; azadiractha indica a. juss (nl), family meliaceae; morinda lucida benth (mlb), family rubiaceae; cymbopogon citratus stapf (lg), family poaceae; curcuma longa l. (cur), family zingiberaceae; carica papaya l. (cp), family caricaceae and tapinanthus sessilifolius blume (ml), family ... | 2012 | 23064285 |
| medicinal plants used in malaria treatment by prometra herbalists in uganda. | the aim of the survey was to document medicinal plants used in malaria treatment by prometra (promocion de la medicina tradicional amazonica) traditional medical practitioners (tmps) of uganda and for search of new antiplasmodial herbal medicines (hms) for further phytochemical analysis. | 2014 | 24928824 |
| an evidence-based approach to the evaluation of ethnoveterinary medicines against strongyle nematodes of equids. | cyathostomins are the most important gastrointestinal nematode infecting equids. their effective control is currently under threat due to widespread resistance to the broad spectrum anthelmintics licenced for use in equids. in response to similar resistance issues in other helminths, there has been increasing interest in alternative control strategies, such as bioactive plant compounds derived from traditional ethnoveterinary treatments. this study used an evidence-based approach to evaluate the ... | 2015 | 25868847 |
| a novel east african monopartite begomovirus-betasatellite complex that infects vernonia amygdalina. | the complete genomes of a monopartite begomovirus (genus begomovirus, family geminiviridae) and an associated betasatellite found infecting vernonia amygdalina delile (family compositae) in uganda were cloned and sequenced. begomoviruses isolated from two samples showed the highest nucleotide sequence identity (73.1% and 73.2%) to an isolate of the monopartite begomovirus tomato leaf curl vietnam virus, and betasatellites from the same samples exhibited the highest nucleotide sequence identity ( ... | 2017 | 27900540 |