| Titre |
Ethnobotanical study of plants used by the lacustrine population of southern Benin in the treatment of malaria |
| Auteurs |
AGBANGNAN DOSSA COKOU PASCAL [2],
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| Journal: |
Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry |
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| Impact factor: |
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| Volume Journal: |
5 |
| DOI: |
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| Resume |
This study aims to identify the plants used by the South Benin lacustrine population in the treatment of
malaria. From august to October 2014, the population of “Ganvie” and “Aguegues-Daho” were
interviewed by means of survey forms during a series of interviews. It appears from this study that the
southern Benin lacustrine population hasn’t antimalarial plants in their immediate environment and
purchases them on two markets, Ouando (Aguegues-Daho) in Porto-Novo and Calavi Topka (Ganvie) in
Abomey-Calavi. The majority of population (Ganvie: 51.85%; Aguegues-Daho: 65.38%) associates the
plants to drugs in the treatment of malaria to palliate inefficiency and inaccessibility of antimalarial
drugs. In total 47 species of medicinal plants have been identified, distributed in 44 genera and 27
botanical families. The most represented are the Rubiaceae (6 genera and 7 species), the Papilinoideae,
the Sterculiaceae and the Bignoniaceae (3 genera and 3 species). These plants enter in the formulation of
12 recipes in the treatment of malaria in children, pregnant women and adults. These recipes are prepared
by decoction and administered orally. |
| Mots clés |
Ethnobotanical investigation, plant, malaria, recipe |
| Pages |
430 - 436 |
| Fichier |
(PDF) |