Comparative study of antipyretic potency of extracts of morinda lucida leaves and fruits of capsicum frutescens in albino rats.

Background: leaves and fruits of are used locally in the management of fever in Nigeria. No scientific credence has been lent to this claim.

Objective: To investigate the antipyretic effect and potency of aqueous extracts of leaves and fruits of in albino rats.

Protective effects of Vernonia amygdalina against sodium arsenite-induced genotoxicity in rat.

Objectives: Contamination of the environment with arsenic (As) from both human and natural sources is known as a global problem. This study investigated the chemoprotective potential of Vernonia amygdalina leave extract against sodium arsenite-induced genotoxicity and hepatotoxicity.

Materials And Methods: Genotoxic effects were evaluated in the rat bone marrow using micronuclei.

Androgenic potentials of aqueous extract of Massularia acuminata (G. Don) Bullock ex Hoyl. stem in male Wistar rats.

Unlabelled: The use of medicinal plants in the management of several ailments is gaining popularity nowadays. Massularia acuminata, one of such plants is commonly used as chewing sticks due to its antimicrobial activity and the aqueous extract of its stem as an aphrodisiac. Aphrodisiac activity in some plants may be due to androgen increasing property of its phytochemicals.