Volume 11, Issue 1

Sean R Alcorn

pp. 2–8 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.2 · 2021

Background:The unprecedented modern pandemic that is COVID-19 has awakened a global fear of viral disease and an activation of viral targeted drug discovery not seen before in modern times. Whilst the vaccines about to e…

Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian, Wenli Sun, Qi Cheng

pp. 9–12 · DOI: chengqi@caas.cn · 2021

Introduction:This edible vegetable has been used as food and traditional herbal medicine in different countries. Most population of the world, especially in developing countries relies on traditional medicine. Methods: T…

Wenli Sun, Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian, Qi Cheng

pp. 13–21 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.4 · 2021

Introduction: The aim of this review was to summarize the most important traditional and modern health benefits of Schisanda berry. Methods: We used PubMed, Science Direct and Google to search for and collect scientific …

Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian, Wenli Sun, Hong Shen, Qi Cheng

pp. 26–30 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.6 · 2021

Introduction: Galactomannas are polysaccharides similar to cellulose and starch. Methods:A literature search was conducted in Medline, Scopus, PubMed and Google scholar databases. The keywords were fenugreek, health bene…

Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian, Wenli Sun, Qi Cheng

pp. 31–35 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.7 · 2021

Introduction:Star anise has traditional usages and multiple applications in botany, chemistry, pharmacology and therapy. Chinese star anise has antioxidant, antibacterial, fungicidal, anti-inflammatory, anesthetic and an…

Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian, Wenli Sun, Ali Soleymani, Mehdi Khoshkaram, Qi Cheng

pp. 36–39 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.8 · 2021

Introduction:Asafoetida is dried latex which is extracted from the taproot of many species of Ferula, a perennial herb native to the East Mediterranean and Central Asian regions. It is also a common ingredient in some cu…

Lindiwe Nomathemba Mpala, Getmore Rumbudzai Chikowe, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 40–44 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.9 · 2021

Introduction: The recent development of extensively antibiotic resistant bacteria has necessitated the search for novel antibacterial compounds. An examination of aromatic plants and traditional medicines is an attractiv…

Clémence Blanc, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 45–51 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.10 · 2021

Introduction:The development of antibiotic resistant bacteria has resulted in treatment failure for the current antibiotic regimen against many bacteria. A corresponding decrease in the development of new antibiotic ther…

Cesar Manuel Lozano, Manuel Antonio Vasquez- Tineo, Maritza Ramirez, Maria Isabel Infante

pp. 52–60 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.11 · 2021

Introduction:Medicinal plants of Dominican Republic are used for medicinal purposes, but still very little is known about these uses and very few evidence exist to support such uses. The objective of this study was to ev…

Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 61 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2021.1.12

T he SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the current COVID-19 pandemic is an enveloped RNA virus that has been the focus of much research in the last year. Whilst the majority of efforts to combat this pandemic have focussed on…