Volume 13, Issue 4

Gagan Tiwana, Ian Edwin Cock, Matthew James Cheesman

pp. 152–162 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2023.4.25 · 2023

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), diarrhoea is the second leading cause of death in children under the age of five. It is a common symptom associated with gastrointestinal bacterial infections. Many antib…

Kamatchi Sundara Saravanan, Radhakrishnan Gowri, Karthik Kumar Ramesh, Sanjana Shetty, Soubhagya Maity

pp. 163–168 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2023.4.26 · 2023

Introduction: Plant-based medicines have been in use over the years for the management and treatment of various ailments including diabetes. The current study was undertaken to explore and compile the research evidence o…

Getmore Rumbudzai Chikowe, Lindiwe Nomathemba Mpala, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 169–175 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2023.4.27 · 2023

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

Chen Zhang, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 176–186 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2023.4.28 · 2023

Background:Rubus idaeus L. leaves have been used in traditional healing systems for the treatment of morning sickness, easing labour pains and for preventing miscarriage. Whilst few studies have examined the leaves of th…

Mitchell Henry Wright, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 187–206 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2023.4.29 · 2023

The escalating global crisis of bacterial resistance to antibiotics poses a threat to public health. Urgent measures are required to identify novel antibacterial treatments. Multidrug-resistant bacterial strains limit th…

Ian E Cock

pp. 207 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2023.4.30 · 2023

A Canadian research team recently published a study in ACS Omega reporting that an essential oil produced using Rhododendron subarcticum leaves was effective at inhibiting the growth of Plasmodium falciparium parasites (…