Volume 15, Issue 1

Jinwoo Kim, Ian Edwin Cock, Matthew James Cheesman

pp. 2–10 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2025.1.2 · 2025

Introduction:The rise in bacterial resistance has caused significant global health challenges and reduced the effectiveness of antibiotics. For thousands of years, plants have been used in traditional medicine to combat …

Aiden Wood, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 11–20 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2025.1.3 · 2025

Introduction:Eucalyptus spp. extracts inhibit the growth of many bacterial pathogens. They may also inhibit the growth of malodour producing bacteria and thus be useful deodorant components, although this is yet to be te…

Audric Puisais, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 21–35 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2025.1.4 · 2025

Background: Lythrum salicaria L. has been used traditionally to treat a variety of conditions including bacterial infections and inflammation. Despite this, only preliminary studies have examined L. salicaria extracts fo…

Nahashon Mwaura, Justus Wambua Mukavi, Beth Ndunda1, Joyce Gatiiria Njagi Kithure, Leonidah Kerubo Omosa

pp. 36–42 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2025.1.5 · 2025

Introduction: Dragon fruits are widely used for their preventive and therapeutic effects against many chronic conditions due to the wide range of biological qualities associated with betalains and phenolic compounds. How…

Ian E Cock

pp. 43–44 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2025.1.6 · 2025

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections are nowadays managed effectively using modern antiretroviral therapies (ART). Notably, these therapies are do not cure the infection, and the virus may remain latent in reser…