title: Toxicity studies of medicinal plants used in sub-Saharan Africa.
abstract: In sub-Saharan Africa, traditional medicine is widely used in rural and urban areas also. This is essentially due to the prohibitive cost of pharmaceutical-based medicine and the low incomes of a major part of the population. In addition, the efficacies of many of these traditional and plant-based medicines are proven, but the fact remains that certain plants used in traditional medicine have toxic effects. It is in this perspective that we investigated by bibliographic literature on the toxicity of plants used in traditional medicine. It is crucial to gain knowledge on these plant-based medicines prepared and prescribed by practitioners, particularly in terms of toxicity, composition, specific efficacy of disease and to advise practitioners of this alternative medicine on the protection and security of patients.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacopeia and Traditional Medicine Institute: National Center of Technological and Scientific Research, Libreville, Gabon. Electronic address: bouk_marlaine@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Marlaine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boukandou Mounanga
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Recherche en Immunologie, Microbiologie appliquée, Hygiène et Physiologie (GRIMAH.P), Département des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre- Ecole Normale Supérieure, BP 17009 Libreville, Gabon. Electronic address: mewono2@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mewono
authors.affiliation: Pharmacopeia and Traditional Medicine Institute: National Center of Technological and Scientific Research, Libreville, Gabon. Electronic address: sophie.aboughe@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aboughe Angone
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000633:toxicity*
keywords: Plants; Sub-Saharan Africa; Toxicity; Traditional medicine