Volume 9, Issue 2

Getmore Chikowe, Lindiwe Mpala, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 39–46 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.2.10. · 2019

Introduction: The development of multi-antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria has necessitated the search for new effective antibacterial therapies. Many Callistemon spp. were used traditionally to treat pathogenic ill…

Lindiwe Mpala, Getmore Chikowe, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 47–53 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.2.11. · 2019

Introduction: The development of multi-antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria has necessitated the search for new, effective antibacterial therapies. M. lauteriana was used by Australian Aborigines as a nutritious food…

Mayank Kulshreshtha, Karuna Shanker Shukla, Garima Tiwari, Manjul Pratap Singh

pp. 54–58 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.2.12. · 2019

Introdutction:The present study was designed to screen out the different proteins from Prosopis cineraria (Leaves), known as Shammi (Family Fabaceae) and characterize them by IR, NMR and mass spectroscopy and evaluation …

Leonidah Kerubo Omosa, Beatrice Amugune, Peggoty Mutai, Esther Karumu, Nilian Mukungu, Martha Induli, Francisca Kama-Kama, Victor Kuete

pp. 59–74 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.2.13. · 2019

Introduction: Plants from Kenyan flora are traditionally used to manage a number of ailments including; chronic and infectious disease, to bolster the body immunity and for general health protections. The current investi…

Lindiwe Mpala, Getmore Chikowe, Ian Edwin Cock

pp. 75–79 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.2.14. · 2019

Introduction: Closely related plant species often share similar secondary metabolites and bioactivities and are therefore good targets for bioactivity testing when one or more species within a genus are known to possess …

Amelia Joy Toll Scheider

pp. 80–81 · DOI: 10.5530/pc.2019.2.15. · 2019

A thorough discussion of the research findings is beyond the scope of this review; however, the researchers indicate that growth of the bacterium could be significantly inhibited by several plant extracts. Furthermore, t…