Biochemical composition of Saba senegalensis fruits from Burkina Faso

Polyphenol content and antioxidant activity of fourteen wild edible fruits from Burkina Faso.

A total of fourteen (14) species of wild edible fruits from Burkina Faso were analyzed for their phenolic and flavonoid contents, and their antioxidant activities using the DPPH, FRAP and ABTS methods. The data obtained show that the total phenolic and total flavonoid levels were significantly higher in the acetone than in the methanol extracts.Detarium microcarpum fruit had the highest phenoli...

Spatial inequalities explained: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Empirical evidence suggests that regional disparities in incomes are often very high, that these disparities do not necessarily disappear as economies grow and that these disparities are itself an important driver of growth. We use a novel approach based on multilevel modeling to decompose the sources of spatial disparities in incomes among households in Burkina Faso. We show that spatial dispa...

Anti-bacterial Activity and Phytochemical Composition of Extracts of Three Medicinal Asteraceae Species from Burkina Faso

The aim of this study was to investigate anti-bacterial activities and phytochemical composition of three Asteraceae (C. americanum, E. alba and V. colorata) from traditionally medicine of Burkina Faso. Inhibition zone diameters of extracts and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Gramnegative and Gram-positive strains were determinate using standard methods. Preliminary phytochemical test...

Vulnerability Profile of Burkina Faso

Antibiotic resistance in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso is one of the Subsaharan African nations. No national services for monitoring of antibiotic resistance are available, so the number of reports of resistance patterns among hospital pathogens are inconsistent. In order to evaluate antibiotic resistance, a total of 1998 valuable microrganisms were analysed during 2000 at the Medical Centre St. Camille of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's c...