ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2022
An Inventory of South African Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexually Transmitted and Related Opportunistic Infections: An Appraisal and Some Scientific Evidence (1990-2020).
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- Ethnomedicinal Practices of the Fabaceae Family in Tanzania: A Systematic Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Pooled it
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- Alternative Approaches and Plant-Based Remedies for Livestock Health Management Among the Batswana of Southern Africa: A Review.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and phytochemical analysis of South African medicinal plants collected from the Senwabarwana area, Limpopo province.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Pharmacological and Medicinal Properties of the South American Medicinal PlantLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Experiences and coping behaviours of clients with sexually transmitted infections in Malawi.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2026Article
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- South African Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used for Wound Treatment: An Ethnobotanical Systematic Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bioactive Molecules, Ethnomedicinal Uses, Toxicology, and Pharmacology ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Plants used for the management of venereal diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and critical assessment of their research status.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Review
- Medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners in treatment of alcohol-related disorders in Bushenyi District, southwestern Uganda.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Antibacterial Activity of Selected Fruit Juices against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens Involved in Urinary Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Tribal Women in Madhya Pradesh, India.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2023Article
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Abstract
The current work is aimed at generating the first inventory of South African medicinal plants used in the treatment of sexually transmitted and related opportunistic infections associated with HIV-AIDS. This is important in assisting researchers to access a list of plant species to evaluate for potential phytocompounds, as this area of research is greatly lagging in South Africa. A total of 335 medicinal plants from 103 families have been documented in the current work. The most represented families are Fabaceae (11.64%) and Asteraceae (6.27%). Herbs constitute 36.53%, trees 32.34%, shrubs 29.04%, climbers 1.80% and parasites 0.30%. It is worrying that on the plant parts used, the roots constitute 47.18%, while leaves and stem bark yield 16.62 and 15.01%, respectively.
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