title: Wheat rootlet growth inhibition test of Rwandese medicinal plants: active principles of Tetradenia riparia and Diplolophium africanum.
abstract: A series of 50 medicinal plants of Rwanda (121 plant samples) has been screened for wheat rootlets inhibition activity. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the active principle of Tetradenia riparia, i.e. 8(14),15-sandaracopimaradiene-7 alpha, 18-diol (7.81 micrograms/ml), and of the active principle of Diplolophium africanum, i.e. scoparone (62.5 micrograms/ml), in this test was determined.
authors.affiliation: Centre Universitaire de Recherche sur la Pharmacopée et la Médecine Traditionnelle-CURPHAMETRA, Université Nationale du Rwanda, Butare.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Puyvelde
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Kimpe
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Ayobangira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nshimyumukiza
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boily
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hakizamungu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schamp
mesh_terms: D002725:Chloroform; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000032:analysis*; D012432:Rwanda; D014908:Triticum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002725:Chloroform