April 2017

Secondary metabolites from endophytic fungus from Lippia sidoides Cham.

Lippia sidoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) is a species native to the Brazilian northeast, widely used in popular medicine. Its leaves were used for the isolation of endophytic fungi and extraction of metabolites. Among them, three were selected according to fungitoxicity tests against the maize phytopathogenic fungus, Curvularia lunata (Wakker). However, the objective of this study was to identify the role of L. sidoides...

Author(s): Talita Pereira de Souza Ferreira, Gil Rodrigues dos Santos, Ilsamar Mendes Soares, Sergio Donizeti Ascêncio, Tarso da Costa Alvim, Chrystian de Assis Siqueira and Raimundo Wagner de Souza Aguiar

April 2017

Ethnobotanical study of ethnoveterinary plants in Kelem Wollega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Questionnaire based cross sectional study design was conducted from November 2015 to April 2016 in Dale Sadi district area, Kellem Wollega Zone of Oromia regional state of Ethiopia, to identify potential medicinal plants used for treatment of the livestock ailments. In this study 50 species of medicinal plant species were identified which were categorized under 32 different families. Among the medicinal plants 45(90%)...

Author(s): Tolera Fufa Feyissa, Moa Melaku shigut, Tilahun Bekele Hailemariam, Tena Regassa and Nebiyu Kassa Kergano