Albizia antunesiana, from the Fabaceae family is a widespread plant species prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa. The plant is extensively utilized in traditional medicine for various ailments, particularly in the management of acute and chronic wounds. The use...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2025/v26i7680
Pouzolzia Mixta (hypoleuca), is a small multi- stemmed shrub tree from the Urticaceae family found throughout Southern Africa. The dried shrub’s root powder has been the traditional contraception for Zimbabwean women for centuries. Traditionally believed to possess postcoital ant...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2025/v26i7676
Elephantorrhiza elephantina been traditionally used for various medicinal purposes including management of gastrointestinal disorders and inflammatory conditions. Despite its extensive use in traditional medicine, E. elephantina remains largely underutilized due to the limited sc...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2025/v26i7677
Albinism is a congenital hypopigmentation disorder characterized by errors in melanisation leading to the partial or complete absence of melanin, the skin’s primary defense against actinic damage. Actinic damage in albinism summarizes all solar induced consequences from freckles...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2024/v28i5744
Introduction: Ultraviolet radiation is potentially harmful to plants’ physiological structures and their photosynthetic apparatus through induction of photo-oxidative damage and photosynthetic inhibition. Aloe excelsa a resilient (sub) tropical plant has evolved various photo-pro...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2024/v25i5536
The study aimed to identify the ingredients, processes and practitioners involved in the skin lightening practices in Zimbabwe and to identify the associated, adverse health effects as well as to establish the user demographics. A technical field survey was carried out in Harare,...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2024/v36i67522
Introduction: Pittosporum viridiflorum, the multi habitat thriving plant species is widely believed to have been the source of sexual prowess for the polygamous kings and elites of the mighty medieval empire known as ‘Great Zimbabwe’. Despite the lack of systematic scientific val...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2024/v33i5873
The escalating emergence of antibacterial resistance to most organic drugs by common pathogenic microbes necessitates the search for alternatives. Inorganic metal oxide nanoparticles have displayed in many studies their suitability as substitute treatments for organic antibiotic-...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2024/v7i4355
The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains have scampered efforts to arrest the tuberculosis (TB) pandemic due to treatment failures based on current drugs. The need for novel therapeutics has never bee...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2024/v33i6912
Biosynthesis of functional nanomaterials from metallic salts using polyphenolic components of plant extracts provides an eco-friendly, easily scalable one pot fabrication of novel biotherapeutics. Among the nanomaterials that can be obtained through green synthesis, Zinc Oxide na...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2024/v7i4361
Carissa edulis (C. edulis), from the Apocynaceae family is a widespread plant species prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa. The plant is extensively utilized in traditional medicine for various ailments, particularly diabetes mellitus (DM), a chronic, non-commu...
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Research Article10.9734/jmsrr/2025/v8i1382
Introduction: Pontederia crassipes (water hyacinth) has been singled out as one of the major causes of enormous economic and ecological losses to tropical water systems and habitats. Almost impossible to eradicate, the ominous species is characterized by rapid multiplication, giv...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2024/v26i6690