“…Agelanthus dodoneifolius (DC) Danser, the most widespread specie of the family (Sallé et al, 1987;Boussim et al, 2004) was shown to contain, tannins, anthracenosides, anthraquinones, alkaloids, saponins, sterols and triterpenes (Deeni and Sadiq, 2002;Traore et al, 2004) using simple group reagent tests. So, it is used in traditional medicine as hypotensive, antispasmodic, antiparasitic, in the treatment of wound infections, cancer, 0378-8741/$ -see front matter © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.…”