... the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a programme called the diarrhoea disease control programme, the disease still poses a great threat to the developing countries of the world (Wansi et al., 2014). Medicinal plants have proven to be of great importance to the health care needs...

... 2018 11 03 2018 19 03 2018 20 03 2018 21 03 2018 21 03 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Citrullus lanatus Hypocholesterolemic effect Liver histopathology Medicinal plants Watermelon fruit rind...

... lactone Antioxidant activity Polyphenol Medicinal plants Medicine The medicinal value of plants has assumed an important dimension in the past few decades owing to their antioxidant potential. The chemical investigations in medicinal and aromatic plants particularly belonging...

...Jyoti Srivastava; Sarvesh Kumar; Padma S. Vankar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the structure‐activity correlation of four medicinal plants – Ocimum basilicum L., Piper betle L., Grewia asiatica L., Lantana camara L. in crude methanolic extract...

.... Originality/value The study reports the protective role of C. myxa in chemically induced fibrosis by carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) and thioacetamide (TA). M. Afzal can be contacted at: Afzalq8@Gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Medicinal plants Diseases...

...Mabel Blades; Afolabi Frederick Eleyinmi; Peter Sporns; David C. Bressler Purpose To investigate the potential food, feed and industrial values of some tropical underutilized medicinal plant materials. Design/methodology/approach Dry‐milled plants, namely: Gongronema latifolium...