Ethnobotanical survey of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria

Antiplasmodial and antiulcer activities of Melanthera scadens

“…scandens leaves are traditionally used to treat various ailments such as stomach ulcer and sores [2] , dysmenorrhoea [3] and malaria [4,5] . These prompted the need to evaluate the antiplasmodial and antiulcer potentials of the crude extract, fractions of the leaves of M. scandens.…”

“…); groups [2][3][4] were pretreated with M. scandens extract (37, 74 and 111 mg/ kg p.o., respectively); and positive control group (group 5) received propranolol (40 mg/kg p.o. dissolved in distilled water).…”

“…The leaves are traditionally used to treat various ailments such as stomach ulcer and sores in GosomtwiAtwimakwanwoma district of Ghana [2] . In Nigeria, the leaves are used to treat dysmenorrhoea, diabetes and malaria [3] . It is also used by the Bete people of Issia district of Cote d'Ivoire to treat malaria [4,5] .…”

Anti–inflammatory and analgesic activities of Melanthera scandens

“…The liquid filtrate was concentrated and evaporated to dryness in vacuo at 40 曟 using rotary evaporator. The yield of crude ethanolic extract was 3.98%. The dried crude extract was stored in a refrigerator at 4 曟 until use for the proposed experiment.…”

“…The leaves are used traditionally to treat various ailments such as stomach ulcer and sores in GosomtwiAtwimakwanwoma district of Ghana [2] . In Nigeria, the leaves are used to treat dysmenorrhoea diabetes and malaria [3] . It is also used by the Bete people of Issia district of Cote d'Ivoire to treat malaria [4,5] .…”