Malaria in Guinean Rural Areas: Prevalence, Management, and Ethnotherapeutic Investigations in Dionfo, Sub-Prefecture of Labe.

As part of a validation program of antimalarial traditional recipes, an ethnotherapeutic approach was applied in Dionfo, a meso-endemic Guinean rural area where conventional health facilities are insufficient. A prevalence investigation indicated a malarial burden of 4.26%.

Variation in chemical composition and antimalarial activities of two samples of Terminalia albida collected from separate sites in Guinea.

Background: The disparity of harvesting locations can influence the chemical composition of a plant species, which could affect its quality and bioactivity. Terminalia albida is widely used in traditional Guinean medicine whose activity against malaria has been validated in vitro and in murine models. The present work investigated the antimalarial properties and chemical composition of two samples of T.

Bioassay-guided isolation of antiplasmodial and antimicrobial constituents from the roots of Terminalia albida.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Terminalia albida (Combretaceae), widely used in Guinean traditional medicine, showed promising activity against Plasmodium falciparum and Candida albicans in previous studies. Bioassay-guided fractionation was carried out in order to isolate the compounds responsible for these activities.

Materials And Methods: Fractionation and isolation were performed by flash chromatography, followed by semi-preparative HPLC-DAD-MS.

Antimicrobial investigation of ethnobotanically selected guinean plant species.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: In Guinea, medicinal plants play an important role in the management of infectious diseases including urinary disorders, skin diseases and oral diseases. This study was carried out to collect medicinal plant species employed for the treatment of these diseases and to investigate their antimicrobial potential.

Materials And Methods: Based on an ethnobotanical investigation carried out in three Guinean regions, 74 traditional healers and 28 herbalists were interviewed and medicinal plants were collected.

Terminalia albida treatment improves survival in experimental cerebral malaria through reactive oxygen species scavenging and anti-inflammatory properties.

Background: The development of Plasmodium resistance to the last effective anti-malarial drugs necessitates the urgent development of new anti-malarial therapeutic strategies. To this end, plants are an important source of new molecules. The objective of this study was to evaluate the anti-malarial effects of Terminalia albida, a plant used in Guinean traditional medicine, as well as its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which may be useful in treating cases of severe malaria.

Biological and Phytochemical Investigations on , a Plant Traditionally Used as Antimalarial in Guinea.

is widely used as antimalarial in Guinean traditional medicine. Leaf extracts of the plant were tested for their in vitro antiprotozoal activity against and the chloroquine-sensitive Ghana strain of along with their cytotoxicity on MRC-5 cells. The methanolic extract showed the strongest antiprotozoal activity against (IC 4 g/ml), a good activity against (IC 13 g/ml), and a moderate activity against (IC 31 g/ml) along with an IC on human MRC-5 cells of 32 g/ml.

The malaria co-infection challenge: An investigation into the antimicrobial activity of selected Guinean medicinal plants.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: In sub-Saharan Africa, concomitant occurrence of malaria and invasive infections with micro-organisms such as Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, Gram-negative Escherichia coli and yeasts or fungi such as Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus is common. Non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium chelonae has been recognized as a pulmonary pathogen with increasing frequency without effective therapy. Although less important, the high incidence of Trichophyton rubrum infections along with its ability to evade host defense mechanisms, accounts for the high prevalence of infections with this dermatophyte.

Management of diabetes in Guinean traditional medicine: an ethnobotanical investigation in the coastal lowlands.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: This survey was carried out in the coastal lowlands of Guinea-Conakry in order to make an inventory of plants used by traditional healers, herbalists and diabetic patients for the management of diabetes mellitus.

Materials And Methods: Frequent ethnomedical and ethnobotanical investigations were conducted from June 2008 to December 2009 in Conakry, Kindia, Forécariah, Dubréka, Boke, Fria and Boffa. It is a cross-sectional survey and data collection is based on the interactive method.