Kiessoun Konate*, Jacques Francois Mavoungou , Maurice Ouédraogo , Alexis Nicaise Lepengue , Alain Souza , Nicolas Barro 6 and Bertrand M’Batchi 1, 4 Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Electrophysiology and Pharmacology , Faculty of Sciences, University of Science and Technology of Masuku, PO Box: 943 Franceville, Gabon. Institute Research in Tropical Ecology . PO Box: 13354 Libreville Gabon Labo...

Sidaguri atau Sida rhombifolia L. telah digunakan oleh masyarakat sebagai obat tradisional, yaitu: penghilang rasa nyeri, radang, asam urat, penyakit kuning, muntah darah, dan sakit gigi. Faktor yang mempengaruhi produksi kandungan metabolit sekunder adalah kondisi lingkungan seperti tempat tumbuh, iklim, interaksi intra inter-spesifik serta waktu panen. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahu...

From time immemorial, for a large number of the world’s rural population, medicinal plants are the only source for the prevention and treatment of various pathological diseases. Medicinal plants and their constituents, vegetables, fruits and dietary fibre have been reported to prevent multistage carcinogenesis or may be destroying or blocking DNA damaging mutagens in the cells (Johnson, 1997; C...

Laportea aestuans L. (Chew), Commelina virginica (L.) and Sida rhombifolia are common wild plants used in treating several ailments including diarrhea, dysentery, hernia, oedema, ulcers many more traditional African medicine especially, Nigeria. The potentials of Random Amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers delimiting intra-specific variation aestuans, C. S. was assessed using three RAPD pri...