Global Excellence in Ethnopharmacology: Africa

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Accepted on 16 May 2025

Global Excellence in Ethnopharmacology in Africa: A Special Issue of Frontiers in Pharmacology

Hellen A Oketch-Rabah, PhD
David R Katerere, PhD

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1616493

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Published on 10 Feb 2025

Mimosapudica L. aqueous extract protects mice against pilocarpine–picrotoxin kindling-induced temporal lobe epilepsy, oxidative stress, and alteration in GABAergic/cholinergic pathways and BDNF expression

Hart Mann Alain Youbi Mambou
Simon Pale
Orelien Sylvain Mtopi Bopda
Vanessa Tita Jugha
Nji Seraphin Ombel Musa
Tambong Ako Ojongnkpot
Bertrand Yuwong Wanyu
Raymond Bess Bila
Rashed N. Herqash
1 more
Germain Sotoing Taiwe

doi 10.3389/fphar.2024.1301002

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Published on 19 Jul 2024

Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used to treat human ailments in West Shewa community, Oromia, Ethiopia

Tamirat Bekele Beressa
Diriba Alemayehu Gadisa
Siraj Mammo
Gurmu Tesfaye Umeta
Lemma Bose Meskele
Biruk Mosisa Gudeta
Getu Melesie Taye

doi 10.3389/fphar.2024.1369480

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REVIEW

Published on 24 May 2024

The use and potential abuse of psychoactive plants in southern Africa: an overview of evidence and future potential

Norman Zimunda Nyazema
Jonathan Tinotenda Chanyandura
Bronwyn Egan

doi 10.3389/fphar.2024.1269247

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Published on 12 Apr 2024

Exploring nature’s antidote: unveiling the inhibitory potential of selected medicinal plants from Kisumu, Kenya against venom from some snakes of medical significance in sub-Saharan Africa

Mitchel Okumu
James Mbaria
Joseph Gikunju
Paul Mbuthia
Vincent Madadi
Francis Ochola

doi 10.3389/fphar.2024.1369768

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Published on 12 Mar 2024

An in vitro study to elucidate the effects of Product Nkabinde on immune response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy donors

Boitumelo Setlhare
Marothi Letsoalo
Siphathimandla Authority Nkabinde
Magugu Nkabinde
Gugulethu Mzobe
Andile Mtshali
Sobia Parveen
Samukelisiwe Ngcobo
Luke Invernizzi
2 more
Nceba Gqaleni

doi 10.3389/fphar.2024.1308913

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Published on 03 Jan 2024

Stevens’ Cure (Umckaloabo)—the vindication of a patent medicine

T. Brendler
M. A. Stander
B.-E. van Wyk

doi 10.3389/fphar.2023.1294997

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MINI REVIEW

Published on 19 Dec 2023

Translation of preclinical ethnomedicine data in LMICs: the example of rooibos

Lesha Pretorius
Carine Smith

doi 10.3389/fphar.2023.1328828

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2 citations

REVIEW

Published on 20 Oct 2023

Potential of medicinal plants as antimalarial agents: a review of work done at Kenya Medical Research Institute

Beatrice Irungu
Erick Okari
Mary Nyangi
Sospeter Njeru
Lilian Koech

doi 10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924

3,189 views
5 citations

REVIEW

Published on 12 Jul 2023

Potential pharmacokinetic interactions with concurrent use of herbal medicines and a ritonavir-boosted COVID-19 protease inhibitor in low and middle-income countries

Dallas J. Smith
Huichang Bi
Josias Hamman
Xiaochao Ma
Constance Mitchell
Kumbukani Nyirenda
Tsitsi Monera-Penduka
Hellen Oketch-Rabah
Mary F. Paine
3 more
Michelle Embry

doi 10.3389/fphar.2023.1210579

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