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Kazhila C. Chinsembu
Researcher at University of Namibia
Publications - 40
Citations - 981
Kazhila C. Chinsembu is an academic researcher from University of Namibia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Population. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 38 publications receiving 800 citations.
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An ethnobotanical survey of plants used to manage HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi region, Namibia
TL;DR: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to record the various plant families, species, and plant parts used to manage different HIV/AIDS-related opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi region, Namibia and showed that a total of 71 plant species from 28 families were used to treat conditions such as herpes zoster, diarrhoea, coughing, malaria, meningitis, and tuberculosis.
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Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in the Management of HIV/AIDS-Related Diseases in Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia.
TL;DR: In Livingstone, Zambia, persons who suffer from HIV/AIDS-related diseases use medicinal plants to manage skin infections, diarrhoea, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, cough, malaria, and oral infections.
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Plants and other natural products used in the management of oral infections and improvement of oral health.
TL;DR: This article rigorously reviews plants and other natural products used in oral health from Africa, Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East and exposes a dire gap for more studies on clinical efficacy and toxicity.
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Plants as antimalarial agents in Sub-Saharan Africa.
TL;DR: Because the two antimalarial drugs quinine and artemisinin were discovered through improved understanding of the indigenous knowledge of plants, bioprospecting Sub-Saharan Africa's enormous plant biodiversity may be a source of new and better drugs to treat malaria.
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Diabetes mellitus and nature’s pharmacy of putative antidiabetic plants
TL;DR: This review provides a new synthesis of antidiabetic plants from Africa, Central America, Mexico, South Asia, and Iran, which may be included into new and more efficacious herbal drugs and nutraceuticals to lessen the global burden of diabetes.