African Potato
''Hypoxis hemerocallidea'', the African star grass or African potato, is a medicinal plant in the Hypoxidaceae family. It is native to southern Africa from South Africa as far north as Mozambique and Zimbabwe. This plant is the best known member of this genus. Medicinal uses ''Hypoxis'' is promoted as an alternative medicine treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia, but research has found no evidence of beneficial effect. Additionally, one study suggests ''Hypoxis'' alters the activity of cytochrome p450, cytochrome P450, suggesting that it may interfere with the effectiveness of other drugs or supplements, such as antiretroviral drugs. References External links * Hypoxis hemerocallidea research University Kwazulu-Nata* Hypoxis hemerocallidea South African National Biodiversity Institut
Hypoxis, hemerocallidea Flora of Southern Africa Medicinal plants of Africa Plants described in 1842 {{medicinal-plant-stub ...
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Fisch
Fisch may refer to: * Fisch, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Trier-Saarburg, Germany * Fisch (surname), a German surname *''Fisch'', botanical identifier for Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer See also *''Fisch-Ton-Kan ''Fisch-Ton-Kan'' is an opéra bouffe in one act by Emmanuel Chabrier of which only some numbers survive. The French libretto was by Paul Verlaine, and probably Lucien Viotti, after the 'parade chinoise' ''Fich-Tong-Khan ou L'orphelin de le Tarta ...