Many mentally ill people in Goma city, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), seek treatment from Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) that utilize medicinal plants (MPs) management various ailments. The study aimed to document the MPs used locally manage mental illnesses (MIs). An in-depth ethnobotanical survey including 43 respondents selected using snow ball method and interviewed semi-struc...

Cleome viscosa L. (Cleomaceae) is an important traditional medicine of the Indian-Ayurvedic and Chinese-medicine system documented for rheumatic arthritis, hypertension, malaria, neurasthenia, and wound healing. The plant is also known as Asian spider flower and is distributed throughout the greater part of India. The present study explored the wound healing property of C. viscosa methanol extr...

The chloroplast gene matK, located in the intron of chloroplast trnK, encodes maturase, and variations of matK provide substantial resolution for phylogenetic analyses at intergeneric levels. Sequence data from 127 species (including subspecies and varieties) of Brassicaceae and one outgroup specie (Cleome gynandra) were used to construct the phylogeny of this family and elucidate the phylogene...

The using of plants of Saudi Arabia for the cure of many ailments is ancient and still available among the tribal and local people and medicinal healers. In this study, alcoholic extract of seven plants from Tanhat protected area, Saudi Arabian, were studied for their antioxidant properties. The antioxidant properties were evaluated using different antioxidant tests, including inhibition of lip...

Cleome viscosa L., an annual rainy season weed, is cosmopolitan in distribution. Two naturally growing populations of C. viscosa from Jammu, J & K, India have been studied for floral variation at an intra-plant level and its possible role in its life cycle. Plants of both the populations bear flowers which exhibit tremendous intra-plant variation in size (large and small) and sex (hermaphrodite...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Natural products isolated from plant sources have been demonstrated as potential candidates against several ailments. The scientific investigations on the underlying principles of phytotherapy can pave way for the convergence of traditional medicines and modern science and technologies. RESULTS Quercetin 3-O-(2''-acetyl)-glucoside obtained from ethyl acetate fraction ...

Pollen is appropriately referred by some as Golden dust extremely valuable on account of their tremendous applications in science, industries and public health. No other plant part even though tiny size packed with so much information power. Similar to parts, pollen characters are varied that the classification system plants can be built up entirely basis morphology.Palynology distinct branch b...

Abstract Indigenous leafy vegetables (ILVs) do not only play a significant role in ensuring livelihoods for households South Africa but can also contribute enhancing the consumption of diversified foods improved micronutrient intake. However, these plants are underutilized and their is determined by ILVs' regional cuisines accepted certain ethnic groups. This study was set out to assess accepta...

This study was carried out to determine the mineral profile, proximate composition, and qualitative quantitative phytochemical constituents of Cleome rutidosperma found in Ado-Ekiti Nigeria, using different standard chemical analytical methods. Results analysis showed that comprises 11.8±0.1% moisture, 10.4±0.0% ash, 22.8±0.1% crude protein, 5.10±0.0% fiber, 4.42±0.08% fat 45.5±0.0% carbohydrat...