Medicinal plants for anti-neurodegenerative diseases in West Africa

EA Ayeni, Y Gong, H Yuan, Y Hu, X Bai… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Neurodegenerative diseases are neuronal diseases that
affect the brain components by degenerating the structure and function of the central or …

Medicinal plants used for the treatment of sexual dysfunction; ethnobotanical study and phytochemical analysis

GI Edo, U Ugbune, GO Ezekiel, LC Nwosu… - Ecological Frontiers, 2024 - Elsevier
Sexual dysfunction is a frequent sexual condition that has a negative impact on a person's
quality of life and can affect the stability of a relationship. This study's objectives were to …

Effect of Aqueous Extract of Adansonia digitata Stem Bark on the Development of Hypertension in L‐NAME‐Induced Hypertensive Rat Model

F Ntchapda, C Bonabe, AD Atsamo… - Evidence‐Based …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Adansonia digitata is a plant used against cardiovascular disorders in African
folk medicine. We assessed the effects of the aqueous extract of its stem bark on the …

[HTML][HTML] Nigerian medicinal plants with potential anticancer activity—a review

MA Abdulazeez, HA Jasim, TD Popoola… - … of Targeted Anti …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the fact that life expectancies are increasing and the burden of infectious diseases is
decreasing, global cancer incidence rates are on the rise. Cancer outcome metrics are …

Documentation of traditional medicinal plants use in Ensaro District, Ethiopia: implications for plant biodiversity and indigenous knowledge conservation

A Asfaw, E Lulekal, T Bekele, A Debella… - Journal of Herbal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction People around the world have been using medicinal plants to treat myriad of
diseases throughout history. This study was conducted in Ensaro District in Ethiopia to …

Methanol stem bark extract of Adansonia digitata ameliorates chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression-like behavior: Involvement of the HPA axis, BDNF …

A Shehu, MG Magaji, J Yau, A Ahmed - Journal of basic and clinical …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Abstract Background Adansonia digitata L.(Malvaceae) is used locally in the management of
depressive illnesses, and its antidepressant-like effect has been previously reported. The …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants commonly used in snakebites in North Western Nigeria

IM Hassan, A Shehu, AU Zezi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - academicjournals.org
The incidence of snake bite in rural West Africa is reportedly high with an 11–17% mortality
rate. Nigeria has one third of the cases for snake bite cases in this region. Thus, most tribes …

[PDF][PDF] Antidepressant Effect of Methanol Stem Bark Extract of Adansonia digitata L.(Malvaceae) in Mice: doi. org/10.26538/tjnpr/v2i2. 6

A Shehu, MG Magaji, J Yau, B Mahmud… - Tropical Journal of …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Adansonia digitata (Malvaceae) is a plant native to Africa with all its parts used extensively
since ancient times in traditional medicine for different purposes including psychiatric …

Antidepressant effect of methanol root bark extract of Acacia seyal Del.(Fabaceae): Possible involvement of the inflammatory pathway

A Shehu, B Anyip, MG Magaji - Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2020 - ajol.info
Purpose: To study the involvement of inflammatory pathways in the antidepressant activity of
Acacia seyal in mice. Methods: The median lethal dose (LD50) of the extract Acacia seyal …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative in-vivo anxiolytic efficacy of aqueous and methanol Tapinanthus globiferus leaf extracts

AM Umarudeen, GM Magaji - … Archives of Medical and Health Research, 2019 - cintarch.com
Anxiety disorders have been known to be highly prevalent and to exert heavy disease
burden on the health delivery system. The increasing prevalence is not helped by the …