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Constituents from the Stem Wood of Euphorbia quinquecostata with Phorbol

Mbwambo, Z.H; Lee, S.K; Pezzuto, J.M; Mshiu, E.N; Kinghorn, A.D (American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy, 1996)

Bioassay-guided fractionation of an EtOAc extract of the stem wood of Euphorbia quinquecostata using a phorbol dibutyrate receptor-binding assay system as a monitor yielded four inhibitory isolates (1-4), inclusive of ...
In vitro and in vivo antifungal activity of amphotericin B lipid complex: are phospholipases important?

Swenson, CE; Perkins, WR; Roberts, P; Ahmad, I; Stevens, R; Janoff, AS (1998)

Amphotericin B lipid complex for injection (ABLC) is a suspension of amphotericin B complexed with the lipids L-a-dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and L-a-dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol. ABLC is less toxic than ...
Coordinating health research to promote action: the Tanzanian experience.

Kitua, A.Y.; Mashalla, Y.J.; Shija, J.K. (2000)
New Chemical Constituents of Euphorbia quinquecostata and Absolute Configuration Assignment by a Convenient Mosher Ester Procedure Carried Out in NMR Tubes

Su, B-N.; Park, E.J.; Mbwambo, Z.H.; Santarsiero, B.D.; Mesecar, A.D.; Fong, H.H.S.; Pezzuto, J.M.; Kinghorn, A.D. (American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2002)

Two new compounds, an ent-isopimarane-type diterpene, 3R,12R-dihydroxy-ent-8(14),15-isopimaradien- 18-al (1), and a dihydrobenzo[b]furan neolignan, (-)-trans-9-acetyl-4,9¢-di-O-methyl-3¢-de-O-methyldehydrodiconiferyl alcohol ...
Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study.

Reyburn, H.; Mbatia, R.; Drakeley, C.; Carneiro, I.; Mwakasungula, E.; Mwerinde, O.; Saganda, K.; Shao, J.; Kitua, A.; Olomi, R.; Greenwood, B.M.; Whitty, C.J. (2004)

OBJECTIVE: To study the diagnosis and outcomes in people admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of severe malaria in areas with differing intensities of malaria transmission. DESIGN: Prospective observational study ...
Malaria morbidity and immunity among residents of villages with different Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in North-Eastern Tanzania

Lusingu, J.P.; Vestergaard, L.S.; Mmbando, B.P.; Drakeley, C.J.; Jones, C.; Akida, J.; Savaeli, Z.X.; Kitua, A.Y.; Lemnge, M.M.; Theander, T.G. (2004)

BACKGROUND: The relationship between the burden of uncomplicated malaria and transmission intensity is unclear and a better understanding of this relationship is important for the implementation of intervention ...
Cytophilic antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum glutamate rich protein are associated with malaria protection in an area of holoendemic transmission.

Lusingu, J.P.; Vestergaard, L.S.; Alifrangis, M.; Mmbando, B.P.; Theisen, M.; Kitua, A.Y.; Lemnge, M.M.; Theander, T.G. (2005)

BACKGROUND: Several studies conducted in areas of medium or low malaria transmission intensity have found associations between malaria immunity and plasma antibody levels to glutamate rich protein (GLURP). This study ...
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy: a qualitative study of knowledge, attitudes and practices of district health managers, antenatal care staff and pregnant women in Korogwe District, North-Eastern Tanzania.

Mubyazi, G.; Bloch, P.; Kamugisha, M.; Kitua, A.; Ijumba, J. (2005)

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) is a key intervention in the national strategy for malaria control in Tanzania. SP, the current drug of choice, is recommended to be ...
Creating an "enabling environment" for taking insecticide treated nets to national scale: the Tanzanian experience.

Magesa, S.M.; Lengeler, C.; deSavigny, D.; Miller, J.E.; Njau, R.J.; Kramer, K.; Kitua, A.; Mwita, A. (2005)

INTRODUCTION: Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to protect 60% of its population ...
Role of traditional healers in psychosocial support in caring for the orphans: a case of Dar-es Salaam City, Tanzania.

Kayombo, E.J.; Mbwambo, Z.H.; Massila, M. (2005)

Orphans are an increasing problem in developing countries particularly in Africa; due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic; and needs collective effort in intervention processes by including all stakeholders right from the grass ...
Evaluation of ethnomedical claims and brine shrimp toxicity of some plants used in Tanzania as traditional medicines

Kapingu, M.C; Moshi, M. J; Mbwambo, Z. H; Nondo, R. S; Masimba, P. J; Kamuhabwa, A. (African Ethnomedicines Network, 2006)

Using information from the literature it has been demonstrated that twenty one (21) plants out of 60 (35%) which are used in traditional medicine, in Tabora region (Western Tanzania), are used elsewhere for the treatment ...
Evaluation of ethnomedical claims and brine shrimp toxicity of some plants used in Tanzania as traditional medicines.

Moshi, Mainen J.; Richard, Marco; Mbwambo, Zakaria H.; Nondoa, Ramadhani S.O; Masimbaa, Pax J.; Masimbaa, Pax J.; Kamuhabwab, Appolinary; Kapingua, Modest C.; Thomasb, Pascal (2006)

Using information from the literature it has been demonstrated that twenty one (21) plants out of 60 (35%) which are used in traditional medicine, in Tabora region (Western Tanzania), are used elsewhere for the treatment ...
Role of traditional healers in the management of severe malaria among children below five years of age: the case of Kilosa and Handeni Districts, Tanzania.

Makundi, E.A.; Malebo, H.M.; Mhame, P.; Kitua, A.Y,; Warsame, M. (2006)

BACKGROUND: The current malaria control strategy of WHO centres on early diagnosis and prompt treatment using effective drugs. Children with severe malaria are often brought late to health facilities and traditional ...
Oral manifestations of HIV infection in children and adults receiving highly active anti-retroviral therapy [HAART] in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Hamza, O.J.M; Matee, M.I.N; Simon, E.N.M; Kikwilu, Emil; Moshi, M.J; Mugusi, F; Mikx, F.H.M; Verweij, P.E; Van der Ven, A.J. (2006)

The aim of the study was to compare the prevalence and types of HIV-related oral lesions between children and adult Tanzanian patients on HAART with those not on HAART and to relate the occurrence of the lesions with ...
Prenylated Flavonoids from the Root Bark of Berchemia discolor, a Tanzanian Medicinal Plant

Chin, Y.-W.; Mdee, L.K.; Mbwambo, Z.H.; Mi, Q.; Chai, H.-B.; Cragg, G.M.; Swanson, S.M; Kinghorn, A.D. (NIH Public Access, 2006)

Five new prenylated flavonoids (1–5) were isolated from the root bark of Berchemia discolor, collected in Tanzania, along with 10 known compounds, by bioactivity-guided fractionation. The structures of compounds (1–5) ...
Antimicrobial activity and brine shrimp toxicity of extracts of Terminalia brownii roots and stem.

Mbwambo, Z.H.; Moshi, M.J.; Masimba, P.J.; Kapingu, M.C.; Nondo, R.S. (2007)

BACKGROUND: Ternimalia brownii Fresen (Combretaceae) is widely used in traditional medicine to treat bacterial, fungal and viral infections. There is a need to evaluate extracts of this plant in order to provide scientific ...
Molecular surveillance of drug-resistance associated mutations of Plasmodium falciparum in south-west Tanzania.

Schönfeld, M; Barreto Miranda, I; Schunk, M; Maduhu, I; Maboko, L; Hoelscher, M.; Berens-Riha, N.; Kitua, A.; Löscher, T. (2007)

BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, drug-resistant malaria parasites are an increasing public health concern. Because of widespread chloroquine (CQ) resistance Tanzania changed its first line treatment recommendations for uncomplicated ...
Anticonvulsant activity of Diospyros fischeri root extracts.

Moshi, M.J.; Mbwambo, Z.H.; Nondo, R.S.; Masimba, P.J.; Kapingu, M.C.; Magelewanya, E.S. (2007)

Diospyros fischeri Gurke (Ebenaceae) is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of epilepsy. Dichloromethane, ethylacetate, and ethanol extracts of the roots, at doses between 100 and 1600 mg/kg BW, inhibited ...
Brine shrimp toxicity evaluation of some Tanzanian plants used traditionally for the treatment of fungal infections

Moshi, MJ; van den Beukel, CJP; Hamza, OJM; Mbwambo, ZH; Nondo, ROS; Masimba, PJ; Matee, MIN; Kapingu, MC; Mikx, F; Verweij, PE; can der Ven, AJAM (2007)

Plants which are used by traditional healers in Tanzania have been evaluated to obtain preliminary data of their toxicity using the brine shrimps test. The results indicate that 9 out of 44 plant species whose extracts ...
Anticonvulsant activity of extracts of diospyros fischeri stem bark

Moshi, MJ; Masimba, PJ; Nondo, RSO; Mbwambo, ZH; Kapingu, MC; Mohamed, Makuru; Kimbokota, F (2007)

Evaluation of extracts of Diospyros fischeri Gurke (Ebenaceae), which is used traditionally for the treatment of epilepsy shows that the aqueous extract of the tem bark has no effect against picrotoxin induced convulsions ...

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