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BACKGROUND
Pentanisia prunelloides is a medicinal plant widely used to remedy various ailments including infections, fever and rheumatism in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. There is scanty report on the phytochemical and biological properties of the plant; hence various solvent extracts of
BACKGROUND
Emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis strains and long duration of treatment has established an urgent need to search for new effective agents. The great floral diversity of South Africa has potential for producing new bioactive compounds, therefore pharmacological screening of plant
The uses of Pentanisia prunelloides in Zulu traditional medicine indicate that the plant is believed to be effective in relieving inflammation, bacterial and viral infections and also stimulating uterine contraction. Aqueous, ethanolic and ethyl acetate extracts of leaves and roots were screened for
An investigation was undertaken to determine the possible mechanisms of action of medicinal plants used for dermatological pathologies. A total of 14 plant species were selected from the readily available ethnobotanical literature. 5-Lipoxygenase and DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) assays were