Bush medicine of the Mbabaram Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland demonstrates strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities
Of the five aqueous crude extracts studied here, E. latifolius stems showed the best antioxidant activity and B. oblongifolia leaf showed the best anti-inflammatory activity. This result validated the traditional uses of medicinal plants, which is used for treating inflammation-related conditions including wounds and sores. B. oblongifolia has potential to yield drug lead molecules for developing treatment for inflammation and sores/ulcers related diseases such as IBD.
Authors
- Karma Yeshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-3343)
- Gerry Turpin
- Phurpa Wangchuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4381-7382)
- Darren M. Crayn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6614-4216)
- Karen Guivarra
- Valmai Turpin
- Shane Motlap
Institutions
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AU)
- Tharawal Aboriginal (AU)
- Australian National Herbarium (AU)
- Queensland Department of Environment and Science (AU)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-025-05042-2
- Primary Topic
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council