Back ground: Infectious diseases are becoming threats to public health globally and oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathophysiology of various diseases. The use of plants for the welfare of human being has long ...
Background :- Malaria constitutes one of the major health problems in Ethiopia. One of the reasons attributed for the upsurge is the development of resistance of Plasmodium falciparum and the emergence of multi drug resistant ...
Background: Resistances to currently available drugs and insecticides, significant drug toxicities and costs and lack of vaccines currently complicated the treatment of malaria. A continued search for safe, effective and ...
Abstract
Background: Medicinal plants play indispensible roles to treat various ailments. Acanthus
polystachus (“Kosheshile” in Amharic) is one of the medicinal plants used traditionally for
treatment of wound and ...
Abstract
Background: Medicinal plants have contributed significantly to current malaria treatment. Alarming signs of emerging resistance to currently available drugs has necessitated the search for new plant based ...
Background: The appearance of drug resistant malaria especially first line antimalaria drugs and insecticide resistant mosquitoes are the major obstacles for malaria control and prevention programs. As a means of facing ...
Background: The emergence of drug resistance to P. falciparum becomes challenging. Thus, a continued search for other effective, safe and cheap plant-based antimalarial agents becomes imperative in the face of these ...
Background: Currently diabetes mellitus is one of the largest global health emergencies. As the morbidity and mortality rate of diabetes is increasing worldwide, it is necessary to investigate medicinal plants for new ...
Background: Pain and inflammation continue to be the most difficult and persistent health
issues. Drugs that are used for treatment usually are expensive and have side effects like GI
problem and bleeding. L. crispata ...
ackground: Peptic ulcer disease affects 10% of the global population, and its current treatments have
several drawbacks. Due to this, various medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners are being
investigated ...
Background: The roots ofVerbascumsinaiticumhave been used traditionally for the
management of wound in different regions of Ethiopia. Despite the presence of several claims
and in vitro studies regarding its role in wound ...
Background: Wounds significantly affect people's quality of life, clinical, and financial burden
on healthcare systems around the world. Many of the current drugs used to treat wounds have
problems such as; allergies and ...
Background: Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel (Rosaceae) is distributed in the
highlands of Ethiopia. The flowers of Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gme are used
traditionally to treat wound. However, there is no ...
ABSTRACT
Background: Traditionally, the root of Acacia seyal is used for the treatment of diarrhea.
However, its efficacy has not been scientifically evaluated. Thus, this study aimed to validate the
antidiarrheal ...
Background:Diarrhea is the second leading cause of mortality and morbidity in children under
the age of five and around half of million deaths reported in south Asian and Africa.Due to
undesirable side effect of antidiarrheal ...
Background: Diarrhea is highly prevalent, ranked second next to respiratory diseases, it is a
global health concern. It was estimated that more than half a million deaths per year from
diarrhea occur among children under ...