June 2016

Evaluation of acaricidal efficacy of Synadenium glaucescens (Euphorbiaceae) against boophilus species

Synadenium glaucescens is a traditional medicinal plant used by some communities in Tanzania for the management of various diseases in animals and human including the use for control of ticks in cattle. The aim of this study was to investigate the ‘acaricidal effect’ of extracts from this plant on Boophilus decoloratus and B. microplus. The methodology involved the use of larval and adult immersion tests....

Author(s): Vitus Alberto Nyigo, Robinson Hermmerton Mdegela, Hamisi Massanja Malebo, Faith Philemon Mabiki and Gerda Fouche

June 2016

Eleutherine bulbous (Mill.) Urb.: A review study

Eleutherine bulbous (Mill.) Urb, Iridaceae, is a native plant and quite common in several regions of America, commonly known as “coquinho” being widely used in the folk medicine for the treatment of giardiasis, amoebiasis and diarrhea. This paper presents a literature review of studies about Eleutherine bulbous including aspects of taxonomy, synonymies, geographical distribution, ethnopharmacology, chemistry...

Author(s): Carolyna L. L. Couto, Denise F.C. Moraes, Maria do Socorro S. Cartágenes, Flavia M. M. do Amaral and Rosane N. Guerra