Survey on medicinal plants traditionally used in Senegal for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) and assessment of their antimycobacterial activity

Diop, ElHadji Assane; Queiroz, Emerson Ferreira; Kicka, Sébastien; Rudaz, Serge; Diop, Tahir; Soldati, Thierry; Wolfender, Jean-Luc

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2017.12.037

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Survey on medicinal plants traditionally used in Senegal for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) and assessment of their antimycobacterial activity

ContributorsDiop, ElHadji Assane; Queiroz, Emerson Ferreira; Kicka, Sébastien; Rudaz, Serge; Diop, Tahir; Soldati, Thierry

; Wolfender, Jean-Luc

Published inJournal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 216, p. 71-78

Publication date2018

Abstract

In West Africa, populations are used to taking traditional medicine as a first aid against common health problems. In this aspect, many plants are claimed to be effective in the treatment of Tuberculosis (TB), which according to the World Health Organization (WHO) remains one of the world's deadliest communicable diseases.

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Phytochimie et produits naturels bioactifs

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DIOP, ElHadji Assane et al. Survey on medicinal plants traditionally used in Senegal for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) and assessment of their antimycobacterial activity. In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2018, vol. 216, p. 71–78. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2017.12.037

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PID : unige:103010
DOI : 10.1016/j.jep.2017.12.037
PMID : 29289797

Journal ISSN0378-8741

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