Teamwork in Health Care Services Delivery in Nigeria: A Mixed Methods Assessment of Perceptions and Lived Experiences of Pharmacists in a Tertiary Hospital.

Background: Lack of teamwork is the bane of weak and ineffective health care systems in many countries. This study examined the perceptions and lived experiences of pharmacists working in a Nigerian government-owned (public) multispecialty tertiary hospital regarding teamwork in their workplace.

Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study using phenomenological approach of inquiry, was conducted among pharmacists with experience in multidisciplinary health care provision in a public tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

Pharmacological Evaluation of the Anticancer Activity of Extracts and Fractions of Oliv. (Anacardiaceae) on Adherent Human Cancer Cell Lines.

In western Africa ethnomedicine, Oliv. (Anacardiaceae) is believed to have activity against gastrointestinal, neurological and endocrine diseases. Previous studies on this plant have revealed antimicrobial, anticholinestrase, anticonvulsant, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities.

Evaluation of the anti-asthmatic and antitussive potentials of methanol leaf extract of Napoleona vogelii in rodents.

Napoleona vogelii is used in ethnomedicine for the treatment of asthma and cough. This study evaluated antiasthmatic and antitussive properties of its methanol leaf extract (NVE) in rodents. Phytochemical screening was conducted using established methods.

Anti-plasmodial and anti-inflammatory activities of cyclotide-rich extract and fraction of (R. & S.) D.C. ().

Background: , commonly called '', a versatile plant used locally to treat malaria fever in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa was investigated for anti-plasmodial and anti-inflammatory activities.

Objective: The study was designed to evaluate the antiplasmodial as well as anti-inflammatory activities of whole extract and cyclotide-rich fraction of .

Method: The dichloromethane-methanol extract (ODE) of the plant, was investigated for suppressive and curative antiplasmodial activities against in mice.

Landolphia owariensis leaf extracts reduce parasitemia in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice.

Context Landolphia owariensis P. Beauv. (Apocyanaceae) leaf is used in southeast Nigeria to treat malaria.

Anti-inflammatory activity of Buchholzia coriacea Engl. (Capparaceae) leaf extract: evaluation of components of the inflammatory response involved.

Background: Earlier studies in our laboratory demonstrated the anti-inflammatory activity of Buchholzia coriacea Engl. (Capparaceae) leaf extract, a herbal remedy used to treat disorders of inflammation. This study was undertaken to evaluate its anti-inflammatory mechanism(s).

Extracts of Leptadenia hastata Leaf, a Famine Food and Traditional Remedy for Furuncles, Suppress Inflammation in Murine Models.

The effects of the methanol extract (LHE), hexane (LHHF), ethylacetate (LHEF) and methanol (LHMF) fractions of leaf of Leptadenia hastata on acute and chronic inflammation were studied. Furthermore, the effects of LHE on acetic acid induced increase in vascular permeability, carrageenan induced leucocyte migration and membrane stability were evaluated. The LHE and fractions were also subjected to phytochemical analysis.

Immunomodulatory effects of Stachytarpheta cayennensis leaf extract and its synergistic effect with artesunate.

Background: The leaves of Stachytarpheta cayennensis C. Rich. (Verbenaceae) have been reported to possess potent anti-inflammatory and anti-malarial activities.

Antimicrobial Effects of a Lipophilic Fraction and Kaurenoic Acid Isolated from the Root Bark Extracts of Annona senegalensis.

Root bark preparation of Annona senegalensis Pers. (Annonaceae) is used in Nigerian ethnomedicine for treatment of infectious diseases. Extraction of the A.

Evaluation of the acute and sub acute toxicity of Annona senegalensis root bark extracts.

Objective: To investigate the safety profile of Annona senegalensis (A. senegalensis).

Methods: Dried powdered root-bark of A.

Studies on the antiulcer and gastrointestinal effects of stem bark extract of Bridelia ferruginea.

The antiulcer and gastrointestinal effects of methanol stem bark extract (BFME) of Bridelia ferruginea Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) and its solvent fractions-dichloromethane (DCMF) and methanol (MF)-were studied using indomethacin- and ethanol-induced ulcers in rats, small intestinal transit of charcoal meal in mice, and the effects on acetylcholine-induced contractions of the isolated guinea pig ileum. The extract and fractions significantly (P<0.

Experimental evidence for the antidiabetic activity of cajanus cajan leaves in rats.

The antidiabetic activity of methanol leaves extract of Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. (Fabaceae) was studied in alloxan-diabetic and in oral glucose loaded rats.