The ethnomedicinal uses of plants reported by 22 herbalists in the Rivercess County of Liberia show a rich knowledge of medicinal plant usage for both common and less common health problems. We set out with the objectives of documenting the ethnomedicinal plant knowledge and assessing gender...

Borreria verticillata L is used for the treatment of some painful and inflammatory conditions by traditional medical practitioners in Nigeria and other countries. The ethanol leaf extract of B. verticillata (EEBV) was investigated for possible analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects in mice and...

The anthelmintic activity of acetone and water extracts from the shoots of Cotyledon orbiculata, Hermannia depressa and Nicotiana glauca were investigated using the egg hatch, larval development and larval mortality assays. In all extracts tested, C. orbiculata water extracts at 7.5 mg/ml prevented ...

The allelopathic potential of invasive Xanthium italicum Moretti on seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum Linn) was investigated. Aqueous (0.05 g/ml) and ethanol (1 mg/ml) extracts reduced root elongation of wheat seedlings by 71 and 87%, respectively; chloroform fraction of the ethanol...

Acanthospermum hispidum and Acanthospermum australe (Asteraceae) are widely distributed in arid regions, in northeastern Brazil, and the first specie is used in folk medicine as anti-asthmatic while the second specie as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and diuretic. They are often confounded and used...

Synthetic hexaploid (SH) wheat are used for the improvement of bread wheat which has very low genetic diversity. Crossing SH lines with bread wheat is one way of transferring the agronomically important traits into wheat cultivars which can result in increased biomass production and crop yield....

Concurrent administration of orthodox and herbal antibacterial agents could help overcome the tendency with which the former is inactivated by bacterially-produced endogenous enzymes. This study was designed to evaluate the antimicrobial interaction between the ethanol extract of Cardiospermum...

The symptoms indicating phytoplasma like leaf yellowing, reddening and early drying were observed on two St. John's worth species (Hypericum perforatum L. and Hypericum barbatum L.) on infected fields (Pancevo, Indjija and Stara Pazova) in Serbia in 2008. Electron microscopy examination of the...

In this study, antioxidant activity of the hot water extract of Pluchea indica tea leaves (HWEP) was measured by assays for radical scavenging against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, superoxide and hydroxyl radical, ferric ion reducing power, as well as ferrous ion chelating. Results showed that...

Chromolaeana odorata (L.) is classified as an invasive weed in Southern Africa and is a major contributing species towards reduction of land masses for indigenous vegetation. The species have been noted to have some medicinal values abroad. The current investigation on the South African has...