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Cimanga K, De Bruyne T, Pieters L, Totte J, Tona L, Kambu K, et al.
Phytomedicine . 2012 Dec; 5(3):209-14. PMID: 23195843
From the 80% EtOH extract of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlechter (Periplocaeae) root bark, a cryptolepine isomer named neocryptolepine, and two dimeric alkaloids named biscryptolepine and cryptoquindoline were isolated. These compounds...
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Cimanga K, De Bruyne T, Apers S, Pieters L, Totte J, Kambu K, et al.
Planta Med . 2007 Jan; 65(3):213-7. PMID: 17260306
A bioassay-guided fractionation of an 80% acetone extract from BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA stem bark showing a dose-dependent inhibitory effect towards both the classical and the alternative pathways of the complement system...
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Cimanga K, Kambu K, Tona L, Apers S, De Bruyne T, Hermans N, et al.
J Ethnopharmacol . 2002 Jan; 79(2):213-20. PMID: 11801384
The chemical composition of essential oils from 15 aromatic medicinal plant species growing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been studied. More than 15 constituents in an amount higher...
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Cos P, Calomme M, Sindambiwe J, De Bruyne T, Cimanga K, Pieters L, et al.
Planta Med . 2001 Aug; 67(6):515-9. PMID: 11509970
Thirty-five flavonoids of seven different types, namely isoflavonoids, chalcones, dihydroflavonols, flavanols, flavanones, flavones, and flavonols were investigated for their ability to inhibit ascorbate-induced microsomal lipid peroxidation and their cytotoxicity. For...
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Cimanga K, Ying L, De Bruyne T, Apers S, Cos P, Hermans N, et al.
J Pharm Pharmacol . 2001 May; 53(5):757-61. PMID: 11370716
Bridelia ferruginea Benth. (Euphorbiaceae) is a subtropical medicinal plant widely used in traditional African medicine against various diseases, including rheumatic pains. Seven of its constituents (3-O-methylquercetin (1), 3,7,3',4'-tetra-O-methylquercetin (rutisin, 2),...
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Tona L, Mesia K, Ngimbi N, Chrimwami B, Okondahoka , Cimanga K, et al.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol . 2001 Mar; 95(1):47-57. PMID: 11235553
The ethanolic, dichloromethane and lyophilized aqueous extracts of Cassia occidentalis root bark, Morinda morindoides leaves and whole plants of Phyllanthus niruri were evaluated for their antimalarial actvity in vivo, in...
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Bailly C, Laine W, Baldeyrou B, De Pauw-Gillet M, Colson P, Houssier C, et al.
Anticancer Drug Des . 2000 Oct; 15(3):191-201. PMID: 11049087
Cryptolepine and neocryptolepine are two indoloquinoline alkaloids isolated from the roots of the African plant Cryptolepis sanguinolenta. Both drugs have revealed antibacterial and antiparasitic activities and are strongly cytotoxic to...
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Tona L, Kambu K, Ngimbi N, Mesia K, Penge O, Lusakibanza M, et al.
Phytomedicine . 2000 Apr; 7(1):31-8. PMID: 10782488
Three major extracts from some traditional preparations, based on medicinal plants, used as antidiarrhoeal agents were investigated for their putative antiamoebic and spasmolytic activities in vitro. Results indicated that both...
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Tona L, Ngimbi N, Tsakala M, Mesia K, Cimanga K, Apers S, et al.
J Ethnopharmacol . 2000 Jan; 68(1-3):193-203. PMID: 10624878
Twenty extracts including ten EtOH and ten CH2Cl2 from different parts of nine African medicinal plants used in Congolese traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria, were submitted to a...
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Tona L, Kambu K, Mesia K, Cimanga K, Apers S, De Bruyne T, et al.
Phytomedicine . 1999 May; 6(1):59-66. PMID: 10228613
Forty six aqueous extracts from 38 medicinal plant species belonging to different families were selected on the basis of their traditional medicinal use as antidiarrhoeic agents. They were submitted in...