BACKGROUND Massularia acuminata is a small tree or shrub of tropical rainforest. The leaves are used in Nigerian ethno-medicine for the treatment of microbial infections and pharmacological report suggested the leaf extract as possessing antioxidant activity. This study was therefore carried out to determine the most antioxidant and antimicrobial active fraction(s) of Massularia acuminata leaf ...

background: massularia acuminata has been claimed to be used in managing several ailments in folk medicine and in some instances substantiated with scientific data. this however has been without recourse to its safety. therefore, aqueous stem extract of m. acuminata was evaluated for its effects on some function indices of the liver of male rats. methods: sixty, male rats were grouped into 4 (a...

Ancient literature alluded to the use of a number of plants/preparations as sex enhancer. One of such botanicals is Massularia acuminata in which the stem has been acclaimed to be used as an aphrodisiac. Documented experiments or clinical data are, however, lacking. Therefore, this study was undertaken to evaluate the acclaimed aphrodisiac activity of M. acuminata stem. Sixty male rats were com...

Background: Massularia acuminata has been claimed to be used in managing several ailments in folk medicine and in some instances substantiated with scientific data. This however has been without recourse to its safety. Therefore, aqueous stem extract of M. acuminata was evaluated for its effects on some function indices of the liver of male rats. Methods: Sixty, male rats were grouped into 4 ...

Massularia acuminata and Garcinia kola are chewing sticks widely used in Nigeria rural population for oral dental care. This research investigates the individual antibacterial effects of methanol extracts stem twigs these plants respectively combined effect both extracts, against isolates cavity. The were obtained from cavities healthy undergraduate students. bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Kle...

Premise of the study Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were derived from transcriptomic data for Ottelia acuminata (Hydrocharitaceae), a species comprising five endemic and highly endangered varieties in China. Methods and Results Sixteen novel SSR markers were developed for O. acuminata var. jingxiensis. One to eight alleles per locus were found, with a mean of 2.896. The observed and exp...