Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects over 400 million people globally. With 5.5% increase in diabetes related deaths in 2010, as compared to the 2007 and World Health Organisation's projection of diabetes as the 7 th leading cause of death by 2030, has dazed the current drug discovery fraternity. The major focus of drug discovery has been towards the control of hyperglycemia while the sev...

Cancer is the cause of death all over the world and the number of deaths due to cancer has been increasing at a very high rate and it has become a global threat. The causes of cancer may be environmental or genetic or other prolonged diseases. There are several medicines available in the market to treat the various types of cancer, but no drug is found to be fully effective and safe. The major ...

South Africa is home to the world’s largest population of people living with HIV/AIDs (5.7 million) and Sub-Saharan Africa is heavily affected with 22.4 million people living with the disease. Access to highly active antiretroviral (ARV) drugs is limited and many patients even when they are on ARVs consult traditional healers for herbal remedies. These traditional remedies as well as natural he...