Cancer remains the leading global cause of death, with fatalities rising daily. Medicinal plants have long been used in cancer management, particularly in developing countries such as Nigeria. Synthetic drugs, though commonly used for cancer treatment, often come with harmful sid...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2025/v13i1241
Sani M. Isyaka, Ferdinand Chidinma, Odih Christian, Akabuogu O. Wilson, Adegbenro A. Tosin, Oluwashola S. Adetokunbo & Abdullahi M. Abdullahi·South Asian Research Journal of Natural Products·2025
Naturally occurring substances from prebiotic, microbial, plant and animal sources have always piqued human curiosity. Plant extracts of various parts have been used extensively in traditional medicines, perfumes, food flavorings, and preservatives. They are also more frequently...
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Research Article10.9734/sarjnp/2025/v8i1183
Secondary metabolites found in plants are recognized to have medicinal qualities and are utilized in both mainstream and traditional medicine. More than 80% of people on the planet use medicinal plants to treat a variety of illnesses, including fever, malaria, stomachaches, and u...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2025/v36i11238
Research on natural products is crucial to the hunt for novel drugs to treat human diseases. Over time, there has been evidence and documentation of the usage of these medicinal plants as a source of physiologically active compounds with therapeutic potential for the treatment of...
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Research Article10.9734/sarjnp/2025/v8i1178
Approximately 80% of the world's population relies on traditional plants to produce and synthesize contemporary medications. In the past, the production of plants as sources of pharmaceuticals or medicines for wound healing and treatment was based on superstition and experience t...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2024/v24i121016
The increasing emergence of antimicrobial resistance and oxidative stress related diseases has intensified the search for bioactive compounds from medicinal plants. Ricinus communis L. (Euphorbiaceae) is widely used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments in...
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Research Article10.9734/sarjnp/2026/v9i2242