Therapeutic and prophylactic potential of morama (Tylosema esculentum): A review

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1423-1438

  Chingwaru, Walter ^a,b   Vidmar, Jerneja ^b,c   Kapewangolo, Petrina T ^d   Mazimba, Ofentse ^e   Jackson, Jose ^e  

^a Faculty of Science   (Zimbabwe)

^b Institute Ceres Zavod Ceres   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e BOTSWANA INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Botswana)

Author keywords

food; medicinal; morama; pharmacological; phytochemical; Tylosema esculentum

Indexed keywords

AURANTIIN; BEHENIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CAFFEIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; FISETIN; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; HESPERIDIN; MINERAL; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; SINAPIC ACID; SITOSTEROL; STARCH; STIGMASTEROL; STREPTOMYCIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TYLOSEMA ESCULENTUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COTYLEDON; CREEPING PLANT; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DOMESTICATION; FOOD; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MORAMA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TYLOSEMA ESCULENTUM; WOUND HEALING; AFRICA; CHEMISTRY; FABACEAE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; FABACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; TANNINS;

EID: 84943582781     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5419     Document Type: Review

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