Antileishmanial activities associated with plants used in the Malian traditional medicine.
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.
Ahua
Kouassi Maximin
KM
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Phytochimie, Ecole de Pharmacie Genève-Lausanne, Université de Genève, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
Ioset
Jean-Robert
JR
Ioset
Karine Ndjoko
KN
Diallo
Drissa
D
Mauël
Jacques
J
Hostettmann
Kurt
K
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents