Neem [Azadirachta indica A. Juss] is a tree of the mahogany family. Various claims have been made for its health-giving properties. As the Abha Light organisation seems keen on neem as an anti-malarial, I decided to do a brief review of the literature. What follows is a commentary based on searching PubMed for ‘neem and malaria’, and doing some additional searches.
I don’t claim that this is exhaustive and I have not been able to locate any information on some of the papers cited*. For articles behind paywalls, I have only been able to consult the abstract.
A Review
One of the first things that I look for, when I’m researching a new topic, is a review article. A recent publication by Anyaehie (2009) seemed to provide a good starting point. Read the rest of this entry »
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