Anti-inflammatory and mutagenic evaluation of medicinal plants used by Venda people against venereal and related diseases

This papers shows the importance of medicinal plants against inflammation by highlighting anti-inflammatory and mutagenic properties of 12 medicinal plants used by the Venda people in Limpopo Province of South Africa to treat venereal diseases. Figure shows the anti-inflammatory dose dependent curves for COX-1 dichloromethane extracts at 1 mg/ml. Adansonia digitata bark (
- ), Bolusanthus speciosus bark (□), Pterocarpus angolensis bark (▴), Pappea cepensis leaves (○) and for ethanol extract of Bolusanthus speciosus stems and water extract of Ekebergia cepensis bark (■).466