Exploring African Mistletoe (Loranthus micranthus)

The plant African mistletoe is described as "all purpose plant" because of its use in folklore medicine to cure a variety of sicknesses. A good number of authors have recorded activities from this plant ranging from antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, antihypertensive, antidiabetic to antioxidant activities. Phytochemicals such tannins, alkaloids, terpenoids, glycosides, saponins and steroids have been detected from it and these confer the plant with a broad spectrum of activity. This is just a tip of the iceberg; read and discover more things for yourself.