Antibacterial properties studies of trunk barks of Terminalia ivorensis, a commercial and medicinal species on some methicillin-resistant Staphylococci species strains.

Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus infections are a worldwide concern. Terminalia ivorensis, of Combretaceae family plant, is widely used traditional medicinal in Côte d'Ivoire to treat dermal diseases (affection in which Staphylococci are implied) including local inflammation and also to treat voice-loss.

Objectives: This study focused to investigate the effect in vitro of the extracts of trunk barks of Terminalia ivorensis on some methicillin/oxacillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, S.

[Selenium deficiency and oxidative stress in asymptomatic HIV1-infected patients in Côte d'Ivoire].

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the oxidative stress and selenium status and the antioxidant capacity of asymptomatic HIV1-infected patients in Côte d'Ivoire. This study involved 30 asymptomatic HIV1-infected patients, aged from 18 to 50 years old, selected in CIRBA (Centre Intégré de Recherche Bioclinique d'Abidjan). They were not yet treated by antiretroviral medicine.

Isolation, characterization and antiplasmodial activity of steroidal alkaloids from Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf.

Bioassay-guided fractionation of the EtOH extract of the stem bark of Funtumia elastica resulted in the isolation of four steroidal alkaloids, holarrhetine (1), conessine (2), holarrhesine (3) and isoconessimine (4). Their structures were determined on the basis of 1D- and 2D-NMR techniques and mass spectrometry. Compounds 1-4 exhibited in vitro antiplasmodial activity against the chloroquine-resistant strain FcB1 of Plasmodium falciparum with IC50 values ranging from 0.

In vitro antiplasmodial activity and cytotoxicity of 33 West African plants used for treatment of malaria.

Thirty-three plants commonly used in West tropical Africa by traditional healers for the treatment of malaria were collected and ethanolic extracts were obtained by decoction. The antiplasmodial activity of extracts was evaluated in vitro against the chloroquine-resistant FcB1 strain of Plasmodium falciparum. Cytotoxicity was determined on the human MRC-5 and the rat L-6 cell lines.