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M H Nkunya

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Nkunya M, Jonker S, Makangara J, Waibel R, Achenbach H
Phytochemistry . 2000 May; 53(8):1067-73. PMID: 10820832
Two new aporphinoid alkaloids, f1ttowianthine and 11-methoxylettowianthine were isolated from the root bark of Lettowianthus stellatus, together with the new sesquiterpene 11-hydroxyguaia-4,6-diene and the known compounds liriodenine, (Z)-7-octadecen-9-ynoic acid, methyl...
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Freiburghaus F, Jonker S, Nkunya M, Mwasumbi L, Brun R
Acta Trop . 1997 Sep; 67(3):181-5. PMID: 9241382
Extracts prepared from 15 rare Tanzanian medicinal plants were tested for their in vitro antitrypanosomal activity against human pathogenic trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense). Of 37 extracts investigated, two were found...
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Freiburghaus F, Jonker S, Nkunya M, Mwasumbi L, Brun R
Acta Trop . 1997 Aug; 66(2):79-83. PMID: 9227800
Extracts prepared from 15 rare Tanzanian medicinal plants were tested for their in vitro antitrypanosomal activity against human pathogenic trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense). Of 37 extracts investigated, two were found...
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Freiburghaus F, Kaminsky R, Nkunya M, Brun R
J Ethnopharmacol . 1996 Dec; 55(1):1-11. PMID: 9121161
Petroleum ether, dichloromethane, methanol and water extracts from 24 plants, belonging to 19 families, which are reported in the literature as traditional remedies for sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis) were...
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Freiburghaus F, Ogwal E, Nkunya M, Kaminsky R, Brun R
Trop Med Int Health . 1996 Dec; 1(6):765-71. PMID: 8980587
In Uganda, as in many other African countries, herbal treatment of various diseases is still common. In the present study, 9 plant species collected from Tanzania and Uganda and used...
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Gessler M, Msuya D, Nkunya M, Schar A, Heinrich M, Tanner M
J Ethnopharmacol . 1995 Nov; 48(3):145-60. PMID: 8719975
Traditional healers are an important part of African societies, but unfortunately the knowledge of the extent and character of traditional healing and the people involved in the practice is limited...
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Gessler M, Msuya D, Nkunya M, Mwasumbi L, Schar A, Heinrich M, et al.
J Ethnopharmacol . 1995 Nov; 48(3):131-44. PMID: 8719974
In order to collect ethnobotanical information about antimalarial plants which is essential for the further evaluation of the efficacy of plants an antimalarial remedies, we investigated the management of malaria...
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Gessler M, Msuya D, Nkunya M, Schar A, Heinrich M, Tanner M
J Ethnopharmacol . 1995 Nov; 48(3):119-30. PMID: 8719973
The coordination of traditional and western medicine is still in its infancy in most African countries. Although there is much discussion about the contribution of traditional medicine and its practitioners,...
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Gessler M, Nkunya M, Mwasumbi L, Heinrich M, Tanner M
Acta Trop . 1994 Feb; 56(1):65-77. PMID: 8203297
Forty-three different plant species commonly used in traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria were selected and screened for their antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. Thirteen of the...
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Nkunya M, Weenen H, Bray D, Mgani Q, Mwasumbi L
Planta Med . 1991 Aug; 57(4):341-3. PMID: 1775574
Petroleum ether, dichloromethane, and methanol extracts of leaves, stem, and root bark of nine Uvaria species: U. dependens, U. faulknerae, U. kirkii, U. leptocladon, U. lucida ssp. lucida, Uvaria sp....