BACKGROUND
Several ailments are caused by infectious bacteria and in other diseases; they act as co-infection which complicate human life by causing health hazards. In Venda (South Africa), many plants are used in traditional medicine to treat cough and fever.
OBJECTIVE
This study was aimed at
Fourteen Ghanaian plants used in folk medicine to treat fever/malaria were screened for activity against Plasmodium falciparum (strain K1) and were tested for general toxicity to the brine shrimp. Extracts from three of the plants, Pleiocarpa mutica, Cleistopholis patens and Uvaria chamae were found
Uvaria narum has been used for gastrointestinal problems, jaundice, fever and skin diseases in traditional and ethnomedical practices. Our preliminary antifungal screening of various leaf extracts of U. narum revealed very good antifungal activity for its acetone extract. Active principle of U.
BACKGROUND
Traditional medicine has used Uvaria rufa Blume as an ethnomedicinal plant for treating fever, skin allergies, intestinal ulcers and prostate disorders including BPH. However, no scientific evidence supports the traditional use.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic
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