Schistosomiasis or bilharziasis is a parasitic disease caused by flatworms or plathelminthes: bilharzias or schistosomes that live in the venous vascular system. This disease is a major public health problem in countries located in the tropics and subtropics. The general objective of this work was to contribute to the eradication of schistosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire by highlighting the endogenous knowledge of the Attie people on the medicinal plants used for the treatment of schistosomiasis in the Health District of Adzope. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted among practitioners of traditional medicine (TMP), using a semi-structured interview associated with the show-and-tell technique. A total of 33 medicinal species have been listed. They are divided into 31 genus and 21 botanical families with a predominance of Annonaceae, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae and Fabaceae, each with three species. The most cited species are Combretum paniculatum (CF = 14.79%) and Mareya micrantha (CF = 10.56%). The leaves are the most used organs; the decoction is the main mode of preparation of the recipes which are generally administered orally. The results of this study constitute a valuable database for further research in pharmacology and phytochemistry.
Schistosomiasis or bilharziasis is a parasitic disease caused by flatworms or plathelminthes (bilharzias or schistosomes) that live in the venous vascular system. This disease is a major public health problem in countries located in the tropics and subtropics. The paper focuses on contributing to the eradication of schistosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire by highlighting the endogenous knowledge of the Attie people on the medicinal plants used for the treatment of schistosomiasis in the Health District of Adzope. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted among traditional medicine practitioners (TMP) using a semi-structured interview associated with the show-and-tell technique. A total of 33 medicinal species have been listed. They are divided into 31 genus and 21 botanical families each with a predominance of Annonaceae, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Fabaceae with three species. The most cited species are Combretum paniculatum (CF=14.79%) and Mareya micrantha (CF=10.56%). The leaves are the most used organs, and the decoction is the main mode of preparation of the recipes which are generally administered orally. The results of this study constitute a valuable database for further research in pharmacology and phytochemistry.
Euadenia trifoliolata (Capparaceae) is a tropical forest plant. It is used in the pharmacopoeia for its medicinal properties and for that it is overexploited. Information on propagation techniques of E. trifoliolata domestication and its wild management are still missing. The study conducted on nurseries aimed to obtain some young plants from cutting stems. For this purpose, cuttings harvested in different areas (Adzopé, Banco, Ehotilé Islands and Marahoué) were used and some parameters like viability, time of emission of shoot and the first leaf, number of leaves, length and width of leaves, length of stems and diameter of stems were evaluated according to the origin and treatment of the cuttings and the growing medium (unheated soil, heated soil (45 °C), soil treated with extracts of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) without heating and heated soil (45 °C) and treated with extracts of R. comminus). Results showed that the viability varied according locations and treatments. Shoot emission time varied from 13.32 ± 1.12 days to 12.94 ± 1.38 days. The emission time of the first leaf ranged from 22.65 ± 3.82 to 24 ± 6.32 days. There was also variation in the number of leaves (from 5.32 ± 0.19 to 5.13 ± 0.27), the leaf length (from 50.74 ± 1.50 to 53.20 ± 2.47 cm) and leaf width (from 25.96 ± 1.37 to 39.14 ± 2.26 cm). The stem length oscillated between 25.68 ± 1.28 and 29.01 ± 1.50 cm and the stem diameter fluctuated from 12.52 ± 0.51 to 12.06 ± 0.57 cm. E. trifoliolata can be regenerated from cuttings and maintained its therapeutic potential. Cuttings treated with newsprint gave the best results whatever the culture medium.
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