An ethnobotanical study was carried out in six villages in the Bunda district, Mara Region, Tanzania, where the use of plants still has a special meaning to the society, in the treatment of various diseases. Information was obtained from the traditional healers and other experienced persons, having ...
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Maregesi, S. M.; Ngassapa, O. D.; Pieters, L.; Vlietinck, A. J.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2007, 113, 3, pp 457-470
Selected plants used in Rwandan traditional medicine for the treatment of infections and/or rheumatoid diseases were investigated for antiviral activity in vitro against human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1). Of the 38 tested 80% ethanolic extracts, belonging to plants of 21 different...
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Cos, P.; Hermans, N.; Bruyne, T. de; Apers, S.; Sindambiwe, J. B.; Witvrouw, M.; Clercq, E. de; Berghe, D. vanden; Pieters, L.; Vlietinck, A. J.
Publisher
Urban & Fischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Jena, Germany
Citation
Phytomedicine, 2002, 9, 1, pp 62-68
The chemical composition of essential oils from 15 aromatic medicinal plant species growing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been studied. More than 15 constituents in an amount higher than 0.1% were identified in each essential oil. 1,8-cineole [eucalyptol], α- and β-pinene, p-cymene,...
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Cimanga, K.; Kambu, K.; Tona, L.; Apers, S.; Bruyne, T. de; Hermans, N.; Totté, J.; Pieters, L.; Vlietinck, A. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2002, 79, 2, pp 213-220
The chemical composition and the antifungal activity of essential oils from 15 aromatic medicinal plant species growing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been studied. More than 15 constituents in an amount ≥0.1% were identified in each oil. 1,8-Cineole, α- and β-pinene, p-cymene,...
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Cimanga, K.; Apers, S.; Bruyne, T. de; Miert, S. van; Hermans, N.; Totté, J.; Pieters, L.; Vlietinck, A. J.; Kambu, K.; Tona, L.
Publisher
Allured Publishing Corporation, Carol Stream, USA
Citation
Journal of Essential Oil Research, 2002, 14, 5, pp 382-387
Twenty extracts, 10 EtOH and 10 CH2Cl2, from different parts of 9 African medicinal plants used in Congolese traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria, were submitted to a pharmacological test in order to evaluate their effect on Plasmodium falciparum growth in vitro. Of these plant...
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Tona, L.; Ngimbi, N. P.; Tsakala, M.; Mesia, K.; Cimanga, K.; Apers, S.; Bruyne, T. de; Pieters, L.; Totté, J.; Vlietinck, A. J.
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Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1999, 68, 1/3, pp 193-203
Results from the in vitro antiamoebic activity (against Entamoeba histolytica) of some Congolese plant extracts used as antidiarrhoeals in traditional medicine indicated that of 45 plant extracts tested, 35 (77.78%) exhibited an antiamoebic activity and 10 (22.22%) were inactive. The highest...
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Tona, L.; Kambu, K.; Ngimbi, N.; Cimanga, K.; Vlietinck, A. J.
Citation
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1998, 61, 1, pp 57-65
Selected plants having a history of use in Polynesian traditional medicine for the treatment of infectious disease were investigated for antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial activity in vitro. A total of 73 extracts from 16 plants were tested. Extracts from Scaevola sericea, Psychotria...
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Locher, C. P.; Burch, M. T.; Mower, H. F.; Berestecky, J.; Davis, H.; Poel, B. van; Lasure, A.; Berghe, D. A. vanden; Vlietinck, A. J.
Citation
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1995, 49, 1, pp 23-32