Ian E. Cock1,2
1Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
2School of Natural Sciences, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
Dear Readers and Authors
I am pleased to bring you Volume 14, Issue 2 of Pharmacognosy Communications. In this issue, we present several studies, including an upscaled protocol for the extraction of antibacterial compounds from Terminalia ferdinandiana leaves. This study compares and contrasts the yields and bioactivity of the extracts produced by this upscaled method and compares it to laboratory scale pilot extraction protocols. Another study presented in this issue evaluates the antibacterial activity of Podocarpus latifolius extracts against some bacterial triggers of rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, thereby highlighting novel drug tagets for further research. We also present a study that examines the protective effects of an electrolytically produced colloidal silver preparation against chemically induced toxicity.