Experiments were conducted to study the effectiveness of powders of some underutilized botanicals for the control of Sitophilus zeamais. The tested plants are: Piptadeniastrum africanum, Piper guineense, Alstonia boonei, Garcinia kola, Xylopia aethiopica, Picralima nitida and Aristolochia repens. The effects of the powders were observed at different dosage rates : 0.0g (Control), 0.5g, 1.0g, 1....

BACKGROUND A common practice of managing pain globally is the combination of analgesics and this is aimed at facilitating patient compliance, simplifying prescription, and improving efficacy without increasing adverse effects. Fruit extracts of Xylopia aethiopica are used traditionally in the management of pain disorders and xylopic acid (XA) present in the fruit extract have been shown to poss...

Abstract Background The fruits of Xylopia aethiopica and seeds leaves Piper guineense are commonly used as spices. Due to their wide use in nutrition traditional medicine, there is need examine the biochemical histological effects ethanolic extracts on liver kidney function male albino rats . test animals (groups 2, 3 4) received 100 mg/kg each corresponding extract for 21 days. Group 1 served ...

Background of study: Xylopia aethiopica is widely used in folkloric medicines hence there has been increased research on the plant to validate such claims. Fruit extracts Xethiopica shown have antibacterial, anti-diarrhoiec,hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic effects. However, are still many grounds be covered. There paucity data single dose effects X. physiological biochemical parameters.
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