Nutritional value assessment of umufumba: A Rwandan wild edible plant (Hook. F).

This study reports findings on the macro- and micronutrient content of the root bark of Skeels (Hook. F) (Asclepiadaceae), from five Rwandan different localities Northern part, and the nutritional content was found to vary locality of the plant. Vitamins were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Larvicidal activity of extracts from three Plumbago spp against Anopheles gambiae.

Three Plumbago spp have been tested for mosquito larvicidal activity. The crude extracts exhibiting the highest larvicidal activity against Anopheles gambiae were hexane (LC50 = 6.4 microg/mL) and chloroform (LC50 = 6.