INTRODUCTION Resins of the genus Boswellia are currently an interesting topic for pharmaceutical research since several pharmacological activities (e.g. anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-tumour) are reported for extracts and compounds isolated from them. Unambiguous identification of these resins, by simple and convenient analytical methods, has so far not clearly been verified. OBJECTI...

African ethnomedicine is essentially based on the traditional use of vegetal extracts. Since these natural drugs have shown health giving properties, in the present study we increased further the scientific basis supporting these data. We investigated the effects, on murine B16F10 melanoma cells, of plant extracts that were directly obtained by a Cameroon 'traditional healer'. After a prelimina...

Macrophomina phaseolina is a devastating soil-borne fungal plant pathogen that causes charcoal rot disease in many economically important crops worldwide. So far, no registered fungicide is available against this plant pathogen. This study was planned to examine the antifungal activity of an allelopathic grass Cenchrus pennisetiformis (Hochst. & Steud.) Wipff. for the management of M. phaseolin...

Abstract Background Eremomastax speciosa (Hochst.) Cufod. ( Acanthaceae ) is a renowned medicinal plant used to ease menstrual cramps and treat female infertility, anaemia, dysentery, urinary tract infection haemorrhoids. Essential oils their constituents from herbs have also been utilised in the management of good number ailments ethno-medicine. The chemical composition, antioxidant antimicrob...

Ce travail est consacré à la recherche de molécules antifongiques des rameaux feuillés du Sclerocarya birrea (Anacardiaceae). Le screening phytochimique l’extrait hydroéthanolique a révélé présence dans plante stéroïdes, flavonoïdes, tanins catéchiques et leucoanthocyanes. L’évaluation in vitro l’activité extraits bruts contre Candida albicans sous forme hyphale par méthode microdilution en mil...