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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

A Review of Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Microbial Infections in Angola.

Dorcas Tlhapi, Ntsoaki Malebo, Idah Tichaidza Manduna, Thea Lautenschläger, Monizi Mawunu

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A Pyrone Glucoside fromBiomolecules · 2026
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  4. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dorcas TlhapiCentre for Applied Food Sustainability and Biotechnology, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.
Ntsoaki MaleboCentre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2017-5759
Idah Tichaidza MandunaCentre for Applied Food Sustainability and Biotechnology, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9734-1167
Thea LautenschlägerBotanical Garden Hamburg, University of Hamburg, 22609 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4013-9456
Monizi MawunuDepartment of Agronomy, Polytechnic Institute, Kimpa Vita University, Luanda P.O. Box 77, Angola.ORCID 0000-0001-6658-9223

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of medicinal plants in the management of microbial infections is significant to the health of the indigenous people in many Angolan communities. The present study provides a comprehensive overview of medicinal plants used for the management of microbial infections in Angola. Relevant information was extracted from research articles published and associated with the use of medicinal plants in the management of microbial infections in Angola (from January 1976 to November 2023). Data or information were gathered from the literature sourced from Wiley Online, SciFinder, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, BMC, Elsevier, SpringerLink, PubMed, books, journals and published M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis. A total of 27 plant species, representing 19 families, were recorded in this study. Hypericaceae (11%), Lamiaceae (11%), Malvaceae (11%), Phyllanthaceae (11%), Fabaceae (16%) and Rubiaceae (16%) were the most predominant families. The leaves are the most used parts (96%), followed by bark (74%) and root (70%). The data revealed that medicinal plants continue to play significant roles in the management of microbial infections in Angola. In order to explore the benefits of the therapeutic potential of indigenous medicinal plants for diseases related to infections; further scientific research studies are important to produce data on their effectiveness using appropriate test models. This approach might assist with the continuing drive regarding the integration of Angolan traditional medicine within mainstream healthcare systems.

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Angolan medicinal plantsantibacterial activityantimicrobial activitybotanical descriptiondistributionethnobotanypharmacologyphytochemistrytaxonomy

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PMID39519911
PMCPMC11548206

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