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Identification and quantification of phenolic compounds and flavonoids in anthelmintic ethnoveterinary plants used among Fulani and Mosse, central Burkina Faso

par Adama, Hilou;Rappez, Florence;Duez, Pierre
Référence International Journal of Phytomedicine, 6, 1, page (87-92)
Publication Publié, 2014

Article révisé par les pairs

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Helminthic diseases are the leading cause of loss of animals in the Sahel region of Western Africa. Poverty, combined with the poor development of modern veterinary services, forces small farmers to use herbals to treat their livestock. A previous ethnoveterinary survey, carried out in the region of Saba in Burkina Faso, indicates a frequent use of the leaves of Acacaa macrostachya DC. (Leguminosae), Combretum guutnnosum Perr. ex DC. (Combretaceae) and Mitragyna nnems (Willd.) Kuntze, to treat helminthic diseases. Phytochemical screening has allowed us to characterize sterols, triterpens, flavonoids and tannins as the main phytochemical classesof these 3 species; phenolic compounds range from 2.5 to 8% and a series of bioactive polyphenols (quercetin, rutin, gallic acid) have been identified by thin-layer chromatography. The obtained results indicate the richness of these herbs in phenolic compounds. The biological activity, toxicology and phytochemistry of the 3 species warrant further investigation to justify their ethnoveterinary uses.