Polyphenolic Content, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Less. Used in Folk Medicine in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Vernonia mespilifolia Less. is a shrub of the Asteraceae family used in the South African traditional medicine system for the management of weight loss, hypertension, and heartwater disease. There is a need for scientific evaluation to validate its ethnomedicinal usage. In vitro assays were conducte...

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Main Authors: Jeremiah Oshiomame Unuofin PhD, Gloria Aderonke Otunola PhD, Anthony Jide Afolayan PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2515690X18773990