Publications by authors named "Oluwatosin Kudirat Shittu"
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- * Researchers evaluated a series of imidazole compounds, which showed strong effectiveness specifically against the parasite while having minimal impact on mammalian cells, demonstrating a 12-fold selectivity.
- * Notably, three compounds (C1, C6, and C8) successfully cleared the parasite from infected rats without causing fatalities, while others extended survival, indicating the promising anti-parasitic potential of these imidazole derivatives.
Background: Propolis is a bee (Apis mellifera) product of plant origin with varied chemical composition depending on the ecology of the botanical origin. It has been reported in literature to possess various therapeutic effects both traditionally, clinical trial, and animal study.
Objectives: In the present study bioactive principle in methanol extract of Nigerian bee (A.
Potential antimalarials from African natural products: A reviw.
J Intercult Ethnopharmacol
December 2015
Malaria remains an overwhelming infectious disease with significant health challenges in African and other endemic countries globally. Resistance to antimalarial drugs has become one of the most momentous challenges to human health, and thus has necessitated the hunt for new and effective drugs. Consequently, few decades have witnessed a surfeit of research geared to validate the effectiveness of commonly used traditionally medicines against malaria fever.
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