
Elisee KOUASSI KporouUniversité Jean Lorougnon Guédé · Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Elisee KOUASSI Kporou
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Aims: Lippia multiflora, Zingiber officinale, and Mentha piperita are aromatic plants known for their health benefits. This study the phytochemical composition and evaluate the safety of a tea made from them for safe human consumption. Methodology: For tea formulations, powder of each plant was prepared and weighed in specific proportions to formul...
Plants are known as a source of secondary metabolites and have been used as antimicrobials in human health, animal health and crop protection. With the development of organic agriculture, new methods have been developed to innovate with plant extracts as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides in agriculture. The aim of this chapter is to review th...
The incidence of cancer and related mortality are on the rise worldwide, and this requires the search for new plant-based medicines. In this study, the antioxidant potential and cytotoxic activity against HCT-116 cell line were evaluated. Dichloromethane and ethyl acetate extracts of M. morindoïdes were prepared by maceration and evaluated for some...
Introduction: Women have always used cosmetics to maintain their hair in order to become pretty. Aim: To help this category of people with non-harmful ointments, an ointment made from palm kernel oil and shea butter was developed. Methods: In the presence of water, the palm kernel paste was boiled at 100°C to bring the oil to the surface of the wat...
In Côte d'Ivoire, as elsewhere in Africa, Solanum anguivi Lam is widely used in traditional medicine to treat bacterial and fungal infections. Given the importance of this plant, the extracts 70%, 80% and 100% from fresh and dried fruits was evaluated for the in vitro growth of two isolates of pathogenic fungi (Candida albicans and Trichophyton rub...
The use of plants by humans for their nutritional, health and wellness needs dates back to ancient times. This trend has increased to date with the boom in the tea/tisane market. The aim of this project is to gather scientific data on three 'teas' formulations obtained from aromatic plant resources commonly used in food. For this purpose, the speci...
In Ivory Coast, as elsewhere in Africa, Solanum anguivi Lam (or Solanum distichum) is generally used in traditional medicine to treat bacterial and fungal infections. Given the importance of this plant, the 70%, 80% and 100% extracts of fresh and dried fruits were evaluated on the in vitro growth of Candida albicans. Antifungal tests were carried o...
Objective: Alcoholic mixtures are highly appreciated by the Ivorian population to their low cost and for their health claims. Contaminants control and toxicity tests were carried out in order to check the harmlessness of extractable from polyherbal product “Plaie de ventre”. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at the Laboratory of...
Herbal products developed by traditional healers are more and more in increasing in Africa. Unfortunately, there is often no safety data on these products. That is the case of an Herbal Medicine Product (HMP) called "DAOUTRA EPIGASTRO", widely used by local population in Daloa City-Cote d’Ivoire to treat chronic gastritis without knowing its harmle...
Despite the evolution of modern medicine, traditional medicine remains widespread in developing countries and its use continues to increase in industrialized countries.It is the same way that the effectiveness of the hydroalcoholic extract of Terminalia ivorensis was tested on the feet fungus disease of volunteers. Objective: The present work is or...
This study aimed to evaluate antihyperglycemic and antioxidant activities of an herbal medicinal product codified "DD3". From dry aqueous extract, the differents tests were carried out. Phytochemical screening showed presence of alkaloids, polyphenols, flavonoids, saponosides, sterols and terpens. Regarding antioxidant activities, DPPH test showed...
In the present work, antibacterial activity of a hydroethanolic extract of Terminalia mantaly was verified on two bacteriam strains Staphylococcus aureus American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and Salmonella typhi in petri dishes by comparing the diameters of the different inhibition zones. The hydroethanolic extract of Terminalia mantaly was prep...
Herbal medicinal products are widely used by the population. Unfortunately, the majority of these remedies in Côte d’Ivoire were not tested for efficacy, safety and quality. This work aims to investigate the microbial quality of some traditional herbal formulations produced and sold in Divo city. For this study, 30 samples of liquid remedies were c...
Medicinal plants are widely used in Africa, especially in rural areas, to meet primary health care needs. Among them Massularia acuminata (Rubiaceae) is mainly used for its aphrodisiac properties. In order to verify its acute toxicity, a single dose of 5000 mg/kg body weight (bw) of the ethanolic extract of the stems of this plant was administered...
En Côte d'Ivoire, les médicaments traditionnels sont largement utilisés par les populations pour leurs soins de santé primaire. Malheureusement ; la majeure partie de ces remèdes sont vendus sur les marchés sans aucune donnée scientifique sur leur composition chimique, leur efficacité et leur innocuité. Cette présente étude vise à caractériser les...
: For more than a decade, Côte d'Ivoire has become the hub of illicit drugs in Africa. This is shown by the huge quantities (several tons/year) that have been seized by the authorities. Also, young users of these psychoactive substances do no longer hide themselves. However, few studies have been carried out on the epidemiology of drug addiction an...
Les remèdes à base de plantes sont essentiels pour les soins de santé primaire. Ils connaissent un regain d'intérêt dans le monde entier et particulièrement en Côte d'Ivoire. La majorité de ces médicaments traditionnels n'ont pas été testés et suivis dans des laboratoires de références pour approuver leur qualité impactant leur innocuité et leur ef...
Hair loss is a dermatologic disorder, and the surge for discovering natural products anti hair loss with less side effects is continuous. This study aimed to promote hair growth of a safety ointment on rabbits. The ointment was formulated by a mixture of oils of Ricinus communis as active and Butyrospermum parkii as an excipient, two species well k...
In Côte d'Ivoire, the market of aphrodisiacs of natural origin has been significantly growing over the last decades. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxicity of the most employed by Ivorian men, called Aphro. For that, Caco-2/TC7 enterocytes and Vero ATCC cells kidney epithelial cells grown in DMEM medium were exposed to Aphro a...
RESUMÉ L'usage des plantes à des fins thérapeutiques est très ancien. De nos jours encore, elles sont utilisées par une frange partie de la population mondiale. La présente étude avait pour objectif d'étudier les effets toxiques de l'administration subaiguë d'un phytomédicament ivoirien Aphro vendu sur les marchés chez le rat Wistar albinos. Pour c...
Massularia acuminata is a medicinal plant used in the treatment of various ailments and particularly as an aphrodisiac. In order to verify its safety, the ethanolic extract of its stems was administered orally daily for 28 days to three groups of Wistar albino rats at 40, 80 and 160 mg/kg body weight. The control group was given distilled water. Bl...
Aims: Phenolic compounds are secondary metabolites that are important in the plant due to their role in plant defense and their antioxidant activity with other biological properties such as antipyretic, analgesic and antimicrobial activities. This study focused on the biological potential activity of total phenolic compounds extracted by soxhlet me...
This study was conducted to make a contribution in the treatment of dermatosis, particularly moths. Ointments of different concentrations made from the hydroethanolic extract of Terminalia ivorensis and shea butter were used. The best results were obtained with the following concentrations: C4: 0.01 g/mL; C5: 0.0125 g/mL; C6: 0.015 g/mL and C10: 0....
Toxicological risks of cohabitation with wild landfills: the case of the Akouedo landfill (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
Introduction: The objective of this study is to evaluate the health risks associated with metal exposure (Pb, Cd, Hg and Cr) in the populations living around the Akouédo landfill.
Method: This evaluation required the use of the most rece...
This study was carried out in six (6) communes of Abidjan within a period of six months (November 2016 to April 2017). This paper focuses on assessing the microbiological quality of traditional medicines produced and sold in these communes. A total of 38 samples were collected, including 19 in powder form and another 19 in liquid form. The search a...
Introduction: Ocimum gratissimum is used in traditional Ivorian medicine for its multiple therapeutic virtues. Scope: Evaluate the biological properties of the essential oil of this plant. Methods: Antitumor activity was assessed using the MTS colorimetric assay on six (06) cell lines, the antifungal activity was evaluated by double dilution slant...
Objective: The present study was undertaken to evaluate antifungal potential of improved crude extracts of Mitracarpus scaber Zucc., an ivorian traditional medicinal plant against two species of clinical yeast isolates: Candida parapsilosis and Candida guilliermondii.Methods: For evaluation of antifungal activity, double dilution method in slope tu...
Plants used as antimicrobials in the treatment of infectious diseases in folk medicine are regularly evaluated in different Laboratories. And, the processes of evaluation of antifungal susceptibility are often different to one laboratory to another. This study was undertaken in the goal to compare parameters obtained (MIC and MFC) with two antifung...
The present study was undertaken to evaluate in-vitro antifungal activity of Ketoconazole and extracts from trunk’s barks of Terminalia ivorensis A. Chev (Combretaceae). In vitro antifungal activity of all the extracts was done by agar slant. Extracts were incorporated in Sabouraud medium culture and extract has been inserted to this medium accordi...
In an effort to help people get real benefit of the effectiveness of medicinal plants which are less expensive and affordable, an hydroalcoholic extract of Terminalia ivorensis coded TEKAM2 has been improved and the extracts obtained were tested on the in vitro growth of Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus. The antifungal tests were performe...
Aim: The present study was undertaken to evaluate in vitro antifungal activity of aqueous and
hydroacoholic extracts from bark of Terminalia ivorensis A. Chev. (Combretaceae).
Methods: In vitro antifungal activity of all the extracts was done by agar slant double dilution
method. Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus clinically important st...
In the goal to bring our contribution to the struggle against opportunistic candidosis, we tested seventeen chromatographic fraction gotten from an hexanic extract of a Mitracarpus scaber Misca codified on the in vitro growth of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis. Antifungal tests have been made on Sabouraud medium culture. Extract has been in...
Dans le but d’apporter notre contribution à la lutte contre les candidoses opportunistes en forte recrudescence chez les malades du SIDA, nous avons testé neuf (09) extraits de Mitracarpus scaber codifi é
MISCA obtenus à partir de différents solvants sur la croissance in vitro d’une souche de Candida tropicalis. Les tests dans un mélange de solvant...
Dans le but d’apporter notre contribution à la lutte contre les candidoses opportunistes en forte recrudescence chez les malades du SIDA, notre équipe a testé neuf (09) extraits d’une rubiaceae codifiée MISCA sur la croissance in vitro d’une souche de Candida albicans. Les tests antifongiques ont été réalisés sur milieu Sabouraud selon la méthode d...
Parmi les maladies opportunistes, les aspergilloses, mycoses de l’appareil respiratoire essentiellement de l’homme et des animaux, sont causées par des champignons du genre Aspergillus [1]. Pour apporter notre contribution à l’éradication de ces mycoses nous avons testé l’efficacité des résidus de Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev. (une combrétacée) sur...
Dans le but d’apporter notre contribution à la lutte contre les candidoses opportunistes en forte recrudescence chez les malades du SIDA, nous avons testé neuf (09) extraits de Mitracarpus scaber codifi é
MISCA obtenus à partir de différents solvants sur la croissance in vitro d’une souche de Candida tropicalis. Les tests antifongiques ont été réal...
Among the opportunistic diseases, aspergillosis, mycosis of the breathing apparatus essentially for man and animals, are provoked by toadstool of Aspergillus kind [1]. To bring our contribution (help) for rooting out these mycosis, we tested extract des residue's efficiency of Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev.(a combretaceae) on the in vitro growth of A...
Dans le but d’apporter notre contribution à la lutte contre les mycoses opportunistes en forte recrudescence chez les malades du SIDA, notre équipe a testé une fraction chromatographique MISCA -F1 obtenue à partir de l’extrait total éthanolique d’une rubiacée sur la croissance in vitro de six (6) souches de champignons dont deux levures (Candida al...