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BACKGROUND This paper is based on ethnobotanical interviews conducted from 1996-2000 in Trinidad and Tobago with thirty male and female respondents. METHODS A non-experimental validation was conducted on the plants used for urinary problems and diabetes mellitus: This is a preliminary step to

Ixora is a genus of ca. 400 species in the family Rubiaceae, mainly distributing in tropical Asia, Africa and Oceania, with 19 species being endemic to South China [1]. The plants of the genus usually have small beautiful flowers, being easily cultured as common roadside and garden trees. The

Firethorn fruits have been used in traditional medicine owing to their diuretic, cardiac and tonic properties. In this study, the antiradical activities and phenolic, phytosterol, lipid-soluble vitamin and fatty acid contents of firethorn fruits were investigated. Antiradical activities of firethorn

BACKGROUND In ancient and current traditional medicine in México, extracts from the leaves or whole plant of 'life leaf' (Kalanchoe pinnata [K. pinnata]Lam) have been used to treat an entity known locally as 'yellow epilepsy' (alferecía amarilla) when it is accompanied by seizures. However, the

Kadsura coccinea (Lem.) A. C. Smith has been used as a tonic, decongestant, and digestive agent. The roots are also employed in traditional medicine to treat chronic enteritis, acute gastritis, duodenal ulcers, rheumatic pain in bone, and traumatic injuries. In the present study, we have described