Cytotoxic Activity of Crude Extracts as well as of Pure Components from Jatropha Species, Plants Used Extensively in African Traditional Medicine
Figure 2
The first descriptions of J. curcas. (a) Description of the species by von Linné [3]. (b) First description of J. curcas as a medical plant by de Jussieu [5]. (c) Recipe describing J. curcas extracts as antitumor medicine form the traditional healer, Baba Reke. (d, e) Description of the genus Jatropha by von Linné [3, 4], already including 13 species (f).
