Toxicology of some important medicinal plants in southern Africa
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- 作者：Ashwell R. Ndhlala ; Bhekumthetho Ncube ; Ambrose Okem ; Rofhiwa B. Mulaudzi ; Johannes Van Staden
- 关键词：CNS ; central nervous system ; DNA ; deoxyribonucleic acid ; GAP ; Good Agricultural Practice ; GABA ; gamma-aminobutyric acid ; GI ; gastrointestinal ; HIV ; human immune deficiency virus ; HIV 1 RDDP ; HIV-1 RNA-dependent DNA polymerase ; ISO/TC249 ; International Organization for Standardization of Traditional Medicine ; LD ; lethal dose ; RNA ; ribonucleic acid ; SABS ; South African Bureau of Standards ; WHO ; World Health Organization
- 刊名：Food and Chemical Toxicology
- 出版年：December, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：62
- 期：Complete
- 页码：609-621
- 全文大小：453 K
文摘
Africa is home to two major floral kingdoms: the Paleotropical kingdom of central Africa and the Capensis kingdom of the Western Cape province of South Africa, the latter of which consists of approximately 10,000 species, representing about 20% of Africa鈥檚 floral 鈥榞old mine鈥? better known as the Cape herbal medicine. Needless to say, such rich flora comes with numerous plants with a potential to cause poisoning to humans. This review document reports important toxic medicinal plants and their toxic ingredients for plant species resident in the southern African region. These include important medicinal uses and pharmacological properties ranging from antimicrobial, antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory as well as those that are used as aphrodisiacs and for maternal health care.