Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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Ahmed Saeed

Ahmed Saeed

Sudan

Publications
  • Review Article
    A Review on the Taxonomy, Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Guriea senegalensis J.F.Gmel. (Combretaceae)
    Author(s): Mubarak Siddig Hamad, Hassan Elsafi, Ahmed Saeed, Eltayeb Fadul and Reem Hassan Ahmed Mubarak Siddig Hamad, Hassan Elsafi, Ahmed Saeed, Eltayeb Fadul and Reem Hassan Ahmed

    Guiera senegalesis (G. senegalensis) Family Combretaceae is shrubs or trees widely distributed in west and central Africa. In traditional medicine G. senegalensis used to treat malaria, dysentery and/or diarrhea, cough and/ cold, abdominal pains, leprosy, hypotension and hypertension, diabetes, snakebites eczema, impotence, epilepsy, breast cancer, depressant and jaundice. Phytochemical screening investigated by scientists showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannin, saponin, terpinoids/sterols and cardionolics mainly in leaves and roots of the plant. The biological activities showed positive results as anti-tuberculosis, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-plasmodia, analgesic and devoid of anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antioxidant anti-lipid peroxidation activity, anti-malaria and with low toxicity, antifungal, anti-acetylcholinesterase, antilipid peroxidation in rat’s brain homog.. View More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412.1000296

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