THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF LEAVES OF (G. DON) DUR. AND SCHINZ (APOCYNACEAE).

Background: is a plant of wide usage in the Togolese folk medicine. A previous ethnobotanical survey on the latex plants of the Maritime region of the country revealed that this plant was included in several recipes curing malaria and microbial infections. Therefore, this study aimed to seek for the effectiveness of the ethanolic extract of the plant in the treatment of these diseases.

Ethnobotanical Study of Latex Plants in the Maritime Region of Togo.

Background: In Togo, a little is known about latex plants of the flora used for medicinal purposes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the latex plant species and their medicinal uses in the Maritime Region of Togo.

Materials And Methods: The methodology was based on ethnobotanical semi-structural individual interviews of 220 informants.