Volume 7, Issue 1

Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 4–15 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2017.1.2 · 2016

Introduction: A. auriculiformis, A. disparrima and A. leptoloba are native Australian Acacia spp. which were used as both foods and medicines by the first Australians. Infusions and decoctions produced from leaves and ba…

Krystal Bryant, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 16–23 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2017.1.3 · 2016

Introduction: Eupomatia laurina are trees native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. The fruit of this species are consumed as a bushfood. Infusions and decoctions produced from leaves and bark have reputed antiseptic pro…

Abdalsalam Kmail, Badiaa Lyoussi, Hilal Zaid, Hamada Imtara, Bashar Saad

pp. 24–33 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2017.1.4 · 2016

Introduction:Asparagus aphyllus L.,Crataegus azarolus L., and Ephedra alata Decne.have been used in traditional Greco-Arab herbal medicine to treat various metabolic and inflammatory diseases. However, to our knowl- edge…

Mohammed Hamed Al-Shahrani, Maysa Mahfoud, Riyasdeen Anvarbatcha, Md Tanwir Athar, Abdulrahman Al Asmari

pp. 34–40 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2017.1.5 · 2016

Objective:To evaluate the antimicrobial properties of Thymus vulgaris against seven pathogenic fungi strains and its cytotoxic effect on a human breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231) Methods: The susceptibility test was c…

Leonidah Kerubo Omosa, Evans Kenanda Okemwa

pp. 41–46 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2017.1.6 · 2016

Introduction:Multidrug resistance remains a major obstacle hindering successful antimalarial chemotherapy. In the current study, 50% metha- nol in dichloromethane extract and six compounds from the stem bark of Zanthoxyl…

Evans Okemwa Kenanda, Leonidah Kerubo Omosa

pp. 47–52 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2017.1.7 · 2016

Currently, researchers have given special attention to the synthesis of hetero­ cyclic compounds with nitrogen and oxygen five in five­ or six­membered ring systems. This is mainly due to their wide range of biological a…

Evans Okemwa Kenanda, Leonidah Kerubo Omosa

pp. 53–60 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2017.1.8 · 2016

This paper describes the semi-synthesis and anti-microbial activity of novel pyrazoline derivatives of Polygonum senegalense chalcones. The study was carried out on the understanding that heterocycles with pyrazoline rin…

I.E. Cock

pp. 61–62

Compound Kushen injection (CKI) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulation composed of aqueous Sophorae flavescentis Aiton root and Smilax glabrae Roxb. rhizome extracts. It has traditionally been used as an ant…