African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0816
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 2274

Table of Content: 8 February, 2019; 13(3)

February 2019

Anti-fertility activity of aqueous root bark extracts of Asparagus africanus Lam and Annona senegalensis Pers combination on female Sprague Dawley rats

Many rural and poor women have now resorted to use of potential medicinal plants as a means of fertility control. Asparagus africanus Lam and Annona senegalensis Pers are some of the plants used for this purpose. The efficacy and safety of many of such plants, however, have not been verified. Therefore, screening for anti-fertility activity of potential medicinal plants, would thus provide alternative safe and...

Author(s): Okidi Oscar P. Okello, Nkwangu David and Joseph Oloro  

February 2019

Good practice guidance to support safe oral medication preparation and administration through feeding tubes

The objective of this work is to elaborate good practice guidance, aimed at preparing and administering drugs through feeding tube. This study was performed at a secondary level hospital in the interior of São Paulo state, Southeast Region of Brazil. For the first phase, a literature review was carried out in the following databases: LILACS, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and MICROMEDEX® Solutions. A manual search...

Author(s): Rosana Aparecida Pereira, Adriano Max Reis, André Aparecido Ramos, Raquel Fernandes, Adriana Cristina Bentlin Canalli, Mayara Carvalho Godinho Rigobello, Ana Paula Gobbo Motta, Fabiana Bolela de Souza and Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes