Background: More than half of traditional medicines are of natural origin and research has shown that these are associated with fewer side effects than the synthetic ones, since less than 10% of the 350,000 identified plant species have been exposed to some amount of bioactive sc...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/11028
Aim: Jamaica is rich in medicinal plants. Guaiacum officinale is the “National Flower”, with reported uses in folk medicine for the treatment of various conditions including inflammation. In our search for plants with anticancer and anti-infective properties, we evaluated Guaia...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7343
Henry I. C. Lowe, Ngeh J. Toyang, Alonso Heredia, Kenneth N. N. Ayeah, Charah T. Watson & Joseph Bryant·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Aim: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major public health concern despite the discovery and development of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapies (HAART). There is as such a need to continue to search for new and effective therapies for this global pandemic. In an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/12064
Henry I. C. Lowe, Denise Daley, Charah Watson, Shelly-Ann Powell, Kenneth N. N. Ayeah, Ngeh J. Toyang, Joseph Bryant & Andrew S. Lamm·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aims: Cancer is one of the leading chronic diseases that may lead to death. The search for new therapeutic, medicinal and nutraceutical compounds from folkloric plants including the marine flora are globally important objectives. Therefore the biological assessment of macroalgae...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/23662