Essential oils are known to possess many biological properties such as antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. flowers are used in traditional remedies for diarrhea, cough, fever, and asthma treatment. This work evaluated the chemical composition and the biological activities of essential oils obtained from the flowers and leaves of .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial resistance is a threat to global public health. Microbial resistance is mediated by biofilm formation and virulence behavior during infection. Quorum sensing (QS), a cell-to-cell communication is frequently used by microbes to evade host immune systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Africa, medicinal plants are commonly used to treat malaria and other diseased conditions. The ethanolic leaf and twig extract of has been shown to possess promising antiplasmodial properties. This present study was aimed at investigating its antiplasmodial effect .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe ongoing global pandemic caused by the human coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has infected millions of people and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. The absence of approved therapeutics to combat this disease threatens the health of all persons on earth and could cause catastrophic damage to society. New drugs are therefore urgently required to bring relief to people everywhere.
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