Neglected diseases in africa: a challenge for medicinal plants research

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN OPTIMIZATION FOR SCREENING RELEVANT FREE PHENOLIC ACIDS FROM VARIOUS PREPARATIONS USED IN BURKINA FASO FOLK MEDICINE

Experimental design methodology was used to optimize the HPLC separation of various relevant phenolic acids from an artificial mixture. The effect of four characteristic factors of the HPLC procedure on the Chromatograph...

IN VIVO AND IN VITRO ANTI-FERTILITY AND ANTI-IMPLANTATION PROPERTIES OF LEONOTIS OCYMIFOLIA IN RATS

The anti-fertility effect of the aqueous and ethanol extracts of the leaves and roots of Leonotis ocymifolia were studied both in vivo and in vitro. The anti-implantation and anti-fertility activities of the ethanol l...

EVALUATION OF ANALGESIC, ANTICONVULSANT AND HYPNOTIC ACTIVITIES OF PYRENACANTHIA STAUNDTII

An Aqueous leaf extract of Pyrenacanthia Staundtii (AqPs) was studied for central nervous activities. The extract (100.0 – 400.0 mg/kg i. p). significantly (p

Ecological distribution, morphological characteristics and acute toxicity of aqueous extracts of <i>holarrhena floribunda</i> (g. don) durand & schinz, <i>leptadenia hastata</i> (pers.) decne and <i>cassia sieberiana</i> (d c) used by veterinary healers in Burkina Faso

As reproductive disorders were found to be one of the major constraints of livestock improvement in Burkina Faso, an ethno-veterinary survey showed that some plant species are used by traditional veterinary healers as ba...