<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Akingbolabo Daniel Ogunlakin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oyindamola Esther Awosola</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gbenga Temidayo Ajayi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Review on Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants Documented for the Treatment of Low Sperm Count in Oluponna, Nigeria</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ancestral medicinal plants records</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drug development.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infertility</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Low sperm count</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemistry</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 2023</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">439-446</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;According to the literature, approximately 32% of adult males in developing countries suffer from infertility, however, majority of them use herbal remedies with reported benefits such as improved sperm quality, sexual functions, libido and testosterone levels. Recently, the World Health Organization emphasized the importance of documenting active medicinal plants used in various continents. Therefore, this present review focused on the phytochemistry of medicinal plants reported for the treatment of low sperm count in Oluponna area of Osun state, documented in an ancestral local record. Thirteen medicinal plants were documented to be used for management of low sperm count among men in this community. The plants listed in the document belong to ten families and 12 genera. The most cited family in this record is Apocynaceae with three species of plants namely, &lt;em&gt;Alstonia boonei,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Laidolphia dulcis&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Rauwolfia vomitoria&lt;/em&gt; respectively. Since this is the first review on the documentation of an ancestral knowledge and application of medicinal plants as means of passing the knowledge from a generation to another in Oluponna, additional toxicological and pharmacological studies are hereby recommended in order to provide scientific rationale for the long-term knowledge and use of these plants.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Review Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">439</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Akingbolabo Daniel Ogunlakin&lt;sup&gt;1,2,*&lt;/sup&gt;, Oyindamola Esther Awosola&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Gbenga Temidayo Ajayi&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo&lt;sup&gt;1,2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Bowen University SDG 03 (Good Health and Wellbeing Research Cluster), NIGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Phytomedicine, Molecular Toxicology and Computational Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Bowen University, Iwo, NIGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Next Era Health, Julius Kadir street, Ifako- Gbagada, Lagos, NIGERA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;College of Health Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, NIGERA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oluwatosin Debbie Imiere</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oluwatosin Adeyonu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Israel Olayide</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adewale Fadaka</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidative Properties of Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig Stem Bark Extract and Inhibitory Effects on Carbohydrate Hydrolyzing Enzymes Associated with Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antidiabetic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">antioxidant activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blighia sapida K D Koenig</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">α-amylase</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">α-glucosidase</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">January 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/494</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">376-383</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background and Aim:&lt;/strong&gt; In Africa, the fruit, seed, leaf, and stem of &lt;em&gt;Blighia sapida&lt;/em&gt; K.D. Koenig are used as remedy for a range of diseases. This study characterized the phytochemicals, assessed the antioxidant and inhibitory properties of the stem bark of &lt;em&gt;Blighia sapida&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Samples were consecutively extracted using ethanol solvent and investigated for phenol content, DPPH radical scavenging abilities, iron chelation, reducing power, &amp;alpha;-amylase and &amp;alpha;-glucosidase activities as markers of &lt;em&gt;in vitro&lt;/em&gt; anti-diabetic activities. Phytochemicals were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The extract had radical scavenging capabilities, iron chelation and reducing power. Furthermore, the results reveal the extract had considerably high &amp;alpha;-glucosidase and &amp;alpha;- amylase inhibitory activities as the concentration increases with IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; values of 4.17 &amp;plusmn; 0.24 mg/mL and 5.30 &amp;plusmn; 1.25 mg/mL, respectively. Enzyme kinetic studies indicated that the extract displayed uncompetitive inhibitor for &amp;alpha;-glucosidase and was a competitive inhibitor of &amp;alpha;-amylase. The ethanolic extract is rich in several aromatic phenolic compounds and long chain aliphatic acids. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; These results reveal the bark possessed antioxidant as well as &amp;alpha; -glucosidase and &amp;alpha; -amylase inhibitory activities.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">376</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo*, Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye, Oluwatosin Debbie Imiere, Oluwatosin Adeyonu, Israel Olayide, Adewale Fadaka &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Phytomedicine, Biochemical Toxicology and Diabetes Research Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, NIGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adebola Busola Ojo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oluranti Olaiya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ayodeji Akawa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oyindamola Olaoye</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Omosola Olufisayo Anifowose</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Olajumoke Idowu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oluwaseun Olasehinde</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tajudeen Obafemi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joseph Awe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Inhibitory effect of Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken leaf extract and their fractions on α-amylase, α-glucosidase and cholinesterase enzyme</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidants</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cholinesterase</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enzyme inhibitory activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oken</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">March 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/515</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">497-506</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bryophyllum pinnatum&lt;/em&gt; (Lam.) Oken leaves are employed as food and as traditional medicines. This study investigates the antioxidant activity (reducing power, DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, H2O2 scavenging ability and metal ion chelating), carbohydrate digesting enzymes activity and inhibitory activity of cholinergic enzyme of aqueous extract and fractions (n-hexane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol, residual aqueous fraction) of &lt;em&gt;B. pinnatum&lt;/em&gt; leaves were investigated. Results showed that aqueous extract of &lt;em&gt;B. pinnatum&lt;/em&gt; exhibited DPPH radical scavenging abilities, iron chelation, hydrogen peroxide scavenging abilities and reducing power (Fe&lt;sup&gt;3+&lt;/sup&gt;- Fe&lt;sup&gt;2+&lt;/sup&gt;). &lt;em&gt;B. pinnatum&lt;/em&gt; aqueous extract also had considerably &amp;alpha;-amylase and &amp;alpha;-glucosidase inhibitory activities with IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; values 149.20 &amp;plusmn; 14.44 &amp;mu;g/mL and 126.15 &amp;plusmn; 9.76 &amp;mu;g/mL respectively. Our findings indicated that ethyl acetate fraction contained a considerably higher (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &amp;lt; 0.05) amount of total phenolic, flavonoids, total antioxidant, FRAP, metal ion, ABTS and DPPH radical scavenging activity than other solvent fractions. Furthermore, the ethyl acetate fraction elicited a significantly higher (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &amp;lt; 0.05) inhibitory effects on &amp;alpha;-glucosidase (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 70.90 &amp;plusmn; 1.23 &amp;mu;g/ml), &amp;alpha;-amylase (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 62.45 &amp;plusmn; 1.22 &amp;mu;g/ml), acetylcholinesterase (AChE) (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 66.75 &amp;mu;g/mL) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 62.97 &amp;mu;g/mL) activities than other fractions. Hence, &lt;em&gt;B. pinnatum&lt;/em&gt; leaves were rich in biologically active components; thus, could be employed to formulate new plant-based pharmaceutical and nutraceutical drugs to improve human health.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">497</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo&lt;sup&gt;1*&lt;/sup&gt;, Adebola Busola Ojo&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Oluranti Olaiya&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Ayodeji Akawa&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Oyindamola Olaoye&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Omosola Olufisayo Anifowose&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Olajumoke Idowu&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Oluwaseun Olasehinde&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Tajudeen Obafemi&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Joseph Awe&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Biochemistry, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, NIGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Medical Biochemistry, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, NIGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Physiology, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, NIGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Chemistry, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, NIGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>