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The Monseed botanical family Menispermaceae

Cepharanthine is a particularly active component of hair growth. Moreover, the isolation and characterization of alkaloids (cycleanine, cycleanine A-oxide, isochondodendrine, cocsoline and quinine) from Epinetrum villosum (Exell) [Pg.45]

Troupin has also been reported . These alkaloids were found to exhibit antimicrobial and antiplasmodial activities. Epinetrum villosum is a twining liana, growing in secondary forests in the coastal areas in Congo and Angola and is used in traditional medical for the treatment of fever, malaria and dysentery . The genus Cissampelos contains cissampareine, which has potential medicinal uses, but it is also psychoactive. It is a principal alkaloid of dawidjiewortel (Cissampelos capensis), which grows in South Africa. [Pg.46]


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