GeoBotanical: Zanthoxylum chalybeum

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Ethnobotanical survey and phytochemistry of medicinal plants used in the management of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Uganda.

Summary

Traditional medicine practitioners in Eastern Uganda use various medicinal plants rich in flavonoids and tannins to manage HIV/AIDS. These phytochemicals have potential for reversing HIV latency, providing a basis for developing new treatments for the disease.

Ethnobotany Phytochemistry

Owor RO et al (2024).; Heliyon.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31908
PubMed:: 38845918

2.

Pancreatic beta cell regenerative potential of Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. Aqueous stem bark extract.

Kimani CN et al (2023).; J Ethnopharmacol.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117374
PubMed:: 37944876

3.

Inhibition Kinetics and Theoretical Studies on Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. Dual Inhibitors of α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase.

Kimani NM et al (2023).; J Xenobiot.
DOI:: 10.3390/jox13010009
PubMed:: 36976158

4.

Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used in Breast Cancer Treatment by Traditional Health Practitioners in Central Uganda.

Cancer Ethnobotany

Lutoti S et al (2023).; J Multidiscip Healthc.
DOI:: 10.2147/JMDH.S387256
PubMed:: 36919184

5.

Cytotoxicity of Medicinal Plant Species Used by Traditional Healers in Treating People Suffering From HIV/AIDS in Uganda.

Anywar GU et al (2022).; Front Toxicol.
DOI:: 10.3389/ftox.2022.832780
PubMed:: 35586188

6.

Neurotoxic Zanthoxylum chalybeum root constituents invoke mosquito larval growth retardation through ecdysteroidogenic CYP450s transcriptional perturbations.

Review

Muema JM et al (2021).; Pestic Biochem Physiol.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2021.104912
PubMed:: 34446188

7.

Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature.

Tajbakhsh E et al (2021).; Malar J.
DOI:: 10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PubMed:: 34433465

8.

Pharmacological Assessment of the Antiprotozoal Activity, Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Malaria in the Greater Mpigi Region in Uganda.

Schultz F et al (2021).; Front Pharmacol.
DOI:: 10.3389/fphar.2021.678535
PubMed:: 34276369

9.

A Review of the Toxicity and Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plant Species Used by Herbalists in Treating People Living With HIV/AIDS in Uganda.

Review Phytochemistry

Anywar G et al (2021).; Front Pharmacol.
DOI:: 10.3389/fphar.2021.615147
PubMed:: 33935707

10.

Antiinflammatory Medicinal Plants from the Ugandan Greater Mpigi Region Act as Potent Inhibitors in the COX-2/PGH(2) Pathway.

Immunology

Schultz F et al (2021).; Plants (Basel).
DOI:: 10.3390/plants10020351
PubMed:: 33673238

11.

A Bibliographic Assessment Using the Degrees of Publication Method: Medicinal Plants from the Rural Greater Mpigi Region (Uganda).

Schultz F et al (2021).; Evid Based Complement Alternat Med.
DOI:: 10.1155/2021/6661565
PubMed:: 33510807

12.

α-Amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitors from Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. root bark.

Ochieng CO et al (2020).; Fitoterapia.
DOI:: 10.1016/j.fitote.2020.104719
PubMed:: 32889048

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Cytotoxicity of fagaramide derivative and canthin-6-one from Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) species against multidrug resistant leukemia cells.

Cancer

Omosa LK et al (2021).; Nat Prod Res.
DOI:: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1587424
PubMed:: 30896260

14.

Variability of phenolic and alkaloid content in different plant parts of Carissa edulis Vahl and Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl.

Phytochemistry

Nantongo JS et al (2018).; BMC Res Notes.
DOI:: 10.1186/s13104-018-3238-4
PubMed:: 29439737

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Hypoglycemic Activity of Aqueous Root Bark Extract Zanthoxylum chalybeum in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats.

Diabetes

Agwaya MS, Vuzi PC and Nandutu AM (2016).; J Diabetes Res.
DOI:: 10.1155/2016/8727590
PubMed:: 27069932

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Antiplasmodial activity and phytochemical analysis of extracts from selected Ugandan medicinal plants.