Une enquête ethnobotanique réalisée à Brazzaville (Congo) du 10 juillet au 31 août 2004 auprès des tradithéra-peutes a permis d'inventorier vingt et une (21) plantes utilisées dans le traitement traditionnel de l'ulcère gastroduodénal. Deux de ces plantes, Ceiba pentandra, (Bombacaceae) et Helicrysum mechowianum (Asteraceae), ont été sélectionnées pour un screening chimique. Mots clés : Enquête ethnobotanique -Ceiba pentandraHelicrysum mechowianum -Profil chimique Ethnobotanical survey of presumed anti-ulcer Congolese medicinal plants Abstract: An ethnobotanical survey of traditional practitioners was carried out close to Brazzaville, Congo, from 10 July to 31 August 2004. Twenty-one plants used in the traditional treatment of gastroduodenal ulcers were inventoried. Two of them, Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae) and Helichrysum mechowianum (Asteraceae), were selected for chemical screening.
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