Traditional herbal drugs of southern Uganda, I

Anti-fungal and anti-bacterial activity of some herbal remedies from Tanzania

“…Additional medicinal uses of the plants that were selected for bioassays are presented in Table 1. Similar but more extensive studies done in Uganda (Hamill et al, 2000(Hamill et al, , 2003 and Kenya (Geissler et al, 2002), show applications for many of the same plant genera. Some medicinal uses are the same (e.g.…”

“…Some plants from Table 2, such as Basella alba and Euclea racemosa subsp. schimperi are used medicinally in Uganda (Hamill et al, 2000(Hamill et al, , 2003 and in Kenya (Geissler et al, 2002). These variations could be explained by either cultural differences between the studied areas or by the limited time span of our study.…”

“…Results of these investigations are reported for: (i) Cineraria grandiflora: sesquiterpenes and acetylenic compounds (Bohlmann and Abraham, 1978); polyacetylenic compounds (Bohlmann and Zdero, 1983); acetylenic compounds (Lehmann et al, 1988), (ii) Clutia abyssinica: macrocyclic diterpenes (Aylward et al, 2001a,b;Aylward and Parsons, 2002); coumarins (Waigh et al, 1991); diterpenes (Waigh et al, 1990); antiplasmodial activity of lipophilic extracts (Kraft et al, 2003), (iii) Coccinia adoensis: antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic potential (Kusamran et al, 1998), (iv) Marattia fraxinea: flavonoids (Voirin, 1970), (v) Pavonia urens: antifungal properties (Dayal and Purohit, 1971), and (vi) Vangueria infausta: anthelmintic action (Teichler, 1935); antiplasmodial activity (Nundkumar and Ojewole, 2002). The other plants with medicinal uses (Table 1), or relatives to these, have also been previously studied although not always for the same applications (van Puyvelde et al, 1980;Hussain and Deeni, 1991;Desta, 1993;Taniguchi and Kubo, 1993;Ndounga et al, 1994;Vlietinck et al, 1995;Hamill et al, 2000Hamill et al, , 2003. Additionally, the toxicity of some of the extracts/active ingredients was tested in a range of animal systems, which revealed that most of them had diverse side effects and toxic doses varied greatly (Fernando and Fernando, 1990;Vanhaelen et al, 1994;Igile et al, 1995).…”

Utilization of medicinal plants used in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in njeru sub-county, buikwe district, Uganda

“…26, 27 Use of decoction may be due to the advantages associated with it. Decoction as boiling method is an effective method of preparing medicinal plant because it preserves the medicine longer when compared to cold water.…”

Antibacterial triterpenes from Syzygium guineense (Myrtaceae)

“…It is widespread in Subsaharan Africa (Uganda, Swaziland and Cameroon) where the bark is traditionally used to treat stomachache and diarrhea (Tsakala et al, 1996;Hamil et al, 2000;Oluwole et al, 2002). Previous work on this species reported the antibacterial activity of hydrosoluble dry extracts (Tsakala et al, 1996), but until today no phytochemical studies has been carried out to identify the active metabolites.…”