title: Antileishmanial activities associated with plants used in the Malian traditional medicine.
abstract: Sixty-four extracts issued from twenty-one plants used in the Malian traditional medicine--several of them as antiparasitic drugs--were assayed for their antileishmanial effects against both extracellular and intracellular forms of Leishmania major. Seven extracts from six different plants--Sarcocephalus latifolius, Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, Entada africana, Bobgunnia madagascarensis, Pseudocedrela kotschyi and Psorospermum guineense--were found to be significantly active against the intracellular form of the parasite.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Phytochimie, Ecole de Pharmacie Genève-Lausanne, Université de Genève, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Kouassi Maximin
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ahua
authors.forename: Jean-Robert
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ioset
authors.forename: Karine Ndjoko
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Ioset
authors.forename: Drissa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mauël
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hostettmann
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents