Volume 12, Issue 3

Hongcheng Zhu, Joseph Shalom, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 90–96 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2022.3.19 · 2022

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

Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 97–102 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2022.3.20 · 2022

Introduction: Acne vulgaris is a skin conditions that affects most adolescents and may also afflict adults. Medicinal plant extracts may provide leads for the development of new topical and/or oral therapies for acnes vu…

Paulin Mutwale Kapepula, Ondze Jacques Trésor, Njakarinala Ranarivelo, Ange Mouithys-Mickalad, Thierry Franck, Michel Kasongo Kawayidiko, Arthur Duki Mpanzu, Michel Frédérich, Nadège Ngombe Kabamba, Christophe Masiala Tsobo

pp. 103–108 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2022.3.21 · 2022

Introduction: Nutrition is an important aspect of public health and the high intake of vegetables and fruits would greatly reduce the risk of diseases associated with oxidative damage. Triclisia gilletii, a traditional v…

Yang Chen, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 109–119 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2022.3.22 · 2022

Introduction:An increase in antibiotic resistance and a corresponding decrease in antimicrobial discovery have directed researchers towards alternative therapies, including plant-based medicines. However, synergistic com…

I E Cock

pp. 120–121 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2022.3.23 · 2022

This occasional section within the journal surveys visions and achievements, often not on the main track of the developing biomedical sciences, but all relating to discoveries and developments of medicinal – both ancient…