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Internal ID UUID64403c178c4b6940652863
Scientific name Fuerstia africana
Authority T.C.E.Fr.
First published in Acta Univ. Lund., 2 , 25(17): 3 (1929)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000967477
Tropicos 17605418
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:447002-1
The Plant List kew-84868
Open Tree Of Life 707358
Observations.org 451138
NCBI Taxonomy 204226
IPNI 447002-1
GBIF 3896330
EOL 5380039
Elurikkus 435771

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900619
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
PMID:38419092
Potential of medicinal plants as antimalarial agents: a review of work done at Kenya Medical Research Institute Irungu B, Okari E, Nyangi M, Njeru S, Koech L Front Pharmacol 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10623325
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924
PMID:37927601
Antibacterial Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolates of Nine Plants from Chencha, Southern Ethiopia Manilal A, Sabu KR, Tsefaye A, Teshome T, Aklilu A, Seid M, Kayta G, Ayele AA, Idhayadhulla A Infect Drug Resist 27-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10150743
doi:10.2147/IDR.S402244
PMID:37138837
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of African Plants: A Review Canga I, Vita P, Oliveira AI, Castro MÁ, Pinho C Molecules 05-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9370645
doi:10.3390/molecules27154989
PMID:35956938
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
A Systematic Review of Medicinal Plants of Kenya used in the Management of Bacterial Infections Odongo EA, Mutai PC, Amugune BK, Mungai NN Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 24-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8970882
doi:10.1155/2022/9089360
PMID:35368751
Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature Tajbakhsh E, Kwenti TE, Kheyri P, Nezaratizade S, Lindsay DS, Khamesipour F Malar J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8390284
doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PMID:34433465
Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Ethiopian Medicinal Plants: A Systematic Review Nigussie D, Davey G, Tufa TB, Brewster M, Legesse BA, Fekadu A, Makonnen E Front Pharmacol 01-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8203926
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.633921
PMID:34140888
Medicinal plants as a fight against murine blood-stage malaria Dkhil MA, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Shaebi EM, Abdel-Gaber R, Thagfan FA, Qasem MA Saudi J Biol Sci 19-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938113
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.014
PMID:33732056
Plants Used in Antivenom Therapy in Rural Kenya: Ethnobotany and Future Perspectives Omara T J Toxicol 16-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7315313
doi:10.1155/2020/1828521
PMID:32612650
Antimalarial Plants Used across Kenyan Communities Omara T Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7306085
doi:10.1155/2020/4538602
PMID:32617107
Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena, and Silti), south central Ethiopia Teka A, Asfaw Z, Demissew S, Van Damme P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7245860
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00377-1
PMID:32448337
Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Sangurur, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya Kigen G, Kipkore W, Wanjohi B, Haruki B, Kemboi J Pharmacognosy Res 01-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5717785
doi:10.4103/pr.pr_42_17
PMID:29263626
Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence Félix-Silva J, Silva-Junior AA, Zucolotto SM, Fernandes-Pedrosa MD Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 21-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5585606
doi:10.1155/2017/5748256
PMID:28904556

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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(4bS)-4-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-4b,8,8-trimethyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-phenanthren-3-one 90475307 Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1=CC=C3C2=C(C(=O)C(=C3)C(C)(C)O)O)C)C 314.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19520350407
4-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-4b,8,8-trimethyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-phenanthren-3-one 15559445 Click to see 314.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19520350407

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