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Hypoxidaceae

A family of perennial herbaceous plants, in the order Asparagales, with the underground storage organs, rhizomes or corms.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Monocot plastid phylogenomics, timeline, net rates of species diversification, the power of multi-gene analyses, and a functional model for the origin of monocots.
PREMISE OF THE STUDY We present the first plastome phylogeny encompassing all 77 monocot families, estimate branch support, and… Expand
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Review
2012
Review
2012
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the management of opportunistic fungal infections in HIV/AIDS patients in the Amathole District of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
An estimated 5.7 million people were living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa in 2009, more than in any other country. Up to 90… Expand
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2008
2008
Anticonvulsant activity of Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C. A. Mey. (Hypoxidaceae) corm (‘African potato’) aqueous extract in mice
  • J. Ojewole
  • Phytotherapy research : PTR
  • 2008
    • Corpus ID: 1000354
Extracts of Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C. A. Mey. (Hypoxidaceae) corm (popularly known as ‘African potato’) are extensively… Expand
Review
2007
Review
2007
Ethnobotanical information of medicinal plants used for treatment of cancer in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Srinivas Koduru, D. S. Grierson and A. J. Afolayan* An ethnobotanical survey of plants used for the treatment of cancer was… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic properties of Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C.A. Mey. (Hypoxidaceae) corm ['African Potato'] aqueous extract in mice and rats.
  • J. Ojewole
  • Journal of ethnopharmacology
  • 2006
    • Corpus ID: 21009570
In order to scientifically appraise some of the anecdotal, folkloric, ethnomedical uses of Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & C.A… Expand
2006
2006
Some in vitro and in vivo cardiovascular effects of Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch & CA Mey (Hypoxidaceae) corm (African potato) aqueous extract in experimental animal models.
This study was undertaken to investigate some cardiovascular effects of Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch & CA Mey (Hypoxidaceae) corm… Expand
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of diabetes in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Diabetes mellitus is one of the commonest diseases affecting the citizens of both developed and poor countries. In South Africa… Expand
Review
2002
Review
2002
Roles of synorganisation, zygomorphy and heterotopy in floral evolution: the gynostemium and labellum of orchids and other lilioid monocots
  • P. Rudall, R. Bateman
  • Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical…
  • 2002
    • Corpus ID: 13545733
A gynostemium, comprising stamen filaments adnate to a syncarpous style, occurs in only three groups of monocots: the large… Expand
1999
1999
The Use of Medicinal Plant Species by the Temuan Tribe of Ayer HitamForest, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia
Preliminary results of a study on the use of medicinal plant species by the indigenous people from the Temuan tribe at Ayer… Expand
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Review
1992
Review
1992
Hypoxidaceae. Medicinal uses and the norlignan constituents.
Glycosides of uncommon aglucones, characterized by the Ph-C5-Ph skeleton, were isolated from the rhizomes of some African Hypoxis… Expand
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