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OBJECTIVE
The goal of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of 10 traditional medicinal plants, Asclepias curassavica, Ophiorrhiza mungos Linn., Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers, Costus speciosus (J. Koenig.) Smith Costaceae, Achyranthes aspera L., Amaranthus tristis
BACKGROUND
Blepharis maderaspatensis L. Roth (BM) (Acanthaceae) and Ammannia baccifera L. (AB) (Lythraceae) are used in folk medicine for various stomach disorders.
OBJECTIVE
The chloroform and ethanol extracts of both plants were evaluated for antioxidant, gastric antisecretory, and
Verbascoside and isoverbascoside, present at 0.7% and 0.2% (w/w dryweight), were identified to be major compounds that could contribute to the metal complexation in Blepharis aspera collected in Botswana, Africa. The metallophyte B. aspera has high ability to cope with a high level of metal