Phenolic compounds and flavonoids are potential substitutes for bioactive agents in
pharmaceutical and medicinal sections to promote human health and prevent and cure …

Accelerated emergence of drug-resistant pathogenic microbes, their unbeatable virulence
and a gradual loss of efficacy of currently used antimicrobial agents over the last decade …

Cotyledon orbiculata, commonly known as pig's ear, is an important medicinal plant of South
Africa. It is used in traditional medicine to treat many ailments, including skin eruptions …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Inflammation is a serious global concern due to its
debilitating symptoms, resulting in considerable suffering and lost productivity. Chronic and …

Research on the use, properties, characteristics and sources of antioxidants especially
phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamins, synthetic chemicals and some micronutrients …

In Africa, medicinal plants have been traditionally used as a source of medicine for
centuries. To date, African medicinal plants continue to play a significant role in the …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea are
common world wide, including in Bizana, South Africa where the majority of rural dwellers …

This review is a comprehensive compilation of the ethnobotany of the Basotho (residing both
in Lesotho and the Free State Province of South Africa) in its entirety. It includes all the …

Africa is home to two major floral kingdoms: the Paleotropical kingdom of central Africa and
the Capensis kingdom of the Western Cape province of South Africa, the latter of which …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Although medicinal plants are used extensively to treat
sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in rural northern Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, the …