Vernonia amygdalina

Huffman, M. A. and Seifu, M. (1989). Observations on the illness of and consumption of a possibly medicinal plant, Vernonia amygdalina (Del.), by a wild chimpanzee in the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Primates 30,51-63. 

Ohigashi, H., Huffman, M. A., Izutsu, D., et al. (1994). Toward the chemical ecology of medicinal plant use in chimpanzees the case of Vernonia amygdalina, a plant used by wild chimpanzees possibly for parasite-related diseases.JottrndZf C/tctnicdZEcoZo 20, 541-553. 

Vernodalin Vernonia amygdalina [ingested by Bitter [antibacterial,... 

Vernoniosides A1, A2, A3, A4 (steroid glucoside saponin triterpenes) Vernonia amygdalina (Asteraceae) Bitter... 

Vernodalin (eudesmanolide Vernonia amygdalina, V. anthelmintica, V. guinensis (Asteraceae) Insect antifeedant... 

Huffman, M.A., Gotoh, S., Izutsu, D., Koshimiz, K. and Kalunde, M.S. (1993). Further observations on the use of Vernonia amygdalina by a wild chimpanzee, its possible effect on parasite load, and its phytochemistry. African Study Monographs, 14 227-240. 

Vernonia amygdalina (Asteraceae) Leaves and roots Diabetes, pile The fresh leaves are mashed with water and the foamy juice with bitter principle used. Also the roots fresh or dried are cut into pieces and aqueous decoction obtained is used or can be extracted with alcoholic beverages and used... 

Erasto P, Griwson DS, Afolayan AJ (2006) Bioactive sesquiterpene lactones from the leaves of Vernonia amygdalina. J Ethnopharmacol 106 117... 

Avwiri, G.O. Igho, F.O. (2003). Inhibitive action of Vernonia amygdalina on the corrosion of aliittiiniitm alloys in acidic media. Materials Letters 57 3705-3711. 

EBONG p E, ATANGWHo I J, EYONG E u and EGBUNG G E (2008), The autidiabetic efficacy of combined extracts from two continental plants Azadirachta indica (A. Juss) (Neem) and Vernonia amygdalina (Del.) (African Bitter Leaf) , American J Biochem Biotechol, 4(3), 239-244. 

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