ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
Antimalarial Plants Used across Kenyan Communities.
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- Ethnomedicinal Evidence for Medicinal Plants of the Asteraceae Family Used by Tanzanians to Treat Various Ailments: A Review.BioMed research international · 2026Pooled it
- A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians.Pharmaceutical biology · 2024Pooled it
- Discovery of Sphaeriaurantins as Rapid-Acting Antiplasmodials with Dual Activity in Blood and Liver Stages.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Antiproliferative activity, phytochemistry, network pharmacology, molecular docking and gene expression analysis of Maerua edulis extracts against human cervical cancer cell line.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Antimalarial efficacy of aqueous crude rootbark extracts ofResearch square · 2026Article
- Ethnobotanical Evidence of Medicinal Plants Used for Peptic Ulcers in Tanzania: A Systematic Review.Scientifica · 2026Review
- Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Herbs Used by the Luguru Tribe Against Various Human Ailments in Morogoro Rural District, Tanzania.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Article
- Push and pull factors influencing preference for traditional healing by jaundiced patients in Bangladesh.PloS one · 2024Article
- Antiasthmatic Medicinal Plants of Tanzania: An Ethnomedicinal and Ethnopharmacological Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2024Review
- Phytochemical analysis,Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Medicinal plants used for treatment of malaria by indigenous communities of Tororo District, Eastern Uganda.Tropical medicine and health · 2023Article
- Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the people of Mosop, Nandi County in Kenya.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Infertility and Improving Virility in the East African Community: A Systematic Review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Review
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- Plants as Sources of Natural and Recombinant Antimalaria Agents.Molecular biotechnology · 2022Review
- Antimalarial Efficacy of Hydromethanolic Root Extract and Solvent Fractions ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used as Therapeutic Agents to Manage Diseases of Humans.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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- Formulation and In Vitro Evaluation of Oral Capsules from Liquid Herbal Antimalarials Marketed in Ghana.Journal of tropical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Malaria is one of the serious health problems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Its treatment has been met with chronic failure due to pathogenic resistance to the currently available drugs. This review attempts to compile phytotherapeutical information on antimalarial plants in Kenya based on electronic data. A comprehensive web search was conducted in multidisciplinary databases, and a total of 286 plant species from 75 families, distributed among 192 genera, were retrieved. Globally, about 139 (48.6%) of the species have been investigated for antiplasmodial (18%) or antimalarial activities (97.1%) with promising results. However, there is no record on the antimalarial activity of about 51.4% of the species used although they could be potential sources of antimalarial remedies. Analysis of ethnomedicinal recipes indicated that mainly leaves (27.7%) and roots (19.4%) of shrubs (33.2%), trees (30.1%), and herbs (29.7%) are used for preparation of antimalarial decoctions (70.5%) and infusions (5.4%) in Kenya. The study highlighted a rich diversity of indigenous antimalarial plants with equally divergent herbal remedy preparation and use pattern. Further research is required to validate the therapeutic potential of antimalarial compounds from the unstudied claimed species. Although some species were investigated for their antimalarial efficacies, their toxicity and safety aspects need to be further investigated.
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