Experiments were conducted to study the effectiveness of powders of some underutilized botanicals for the control of Sitophilus zeamais. The tested plants are: Piptadeniastrum africanum, Piper guineense, Alstonia boonei, Garcinia kola, Xylopia aethiopica, Picralima nitida and Aristolochia repens. The effects of the powders were observed at different dosage rates : 0.0g (Control), 0.5g, 1.0g, 1....

This study aims to investigate the effect of xylopia aethiopica on the sexual behavior of adult male rats. Fort eight adult male wistar rats were used for the study. They were randomly divided into four groups of 6 animals each: group 1 was control, while groups 2, 3 and 4 were test groups treated daily with 0.5, 2 and 10 mg/kg body weight respectively of hydro-methanolic fruit extract...

Plants with antimicrobial potential have been implicated in the treatment of infection. Studies shown that extracts from diverse plants antibacterial and or antitrypanosomal activities against infectious agents. This research work examined vitro testing ethanol extract Xylopia aethiopica Salmonella typhimurium Shigella species isolated wistar mouse already infected Trypanosoma evansi brucei bru...

Anemia is characterized by an abnormal decrease in the level of hemoglobin or number red blood cells blood. It a public health problem that mainly affects pregnant women and young children. In present study, objective was to evaluated anti-anemic potential recipe composed three medicinal plants, Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich, Zanthoxylum leprieurii (GUILL) and Harungara ma...

Introduction: The impact of aromatic plants used in cooking on health is indisputable.
 This study aims to evaluate the vitro cytotoxicity Artemia salina, acute and 28 days subchronic toxicity X. aethiopica dried fruit like spice Togo by oral administration extract female Wistar rats.
 Results: A. salina assay showed that hydroalcoholic presented any toxicity. LC50 values brine shrimp...

In the form of a decoction, X. aethiopica is traditionally employed in the treatment of bronchitis, asthma, arthritis and rheumatism in Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. This study establishes the inhibitory effect of X. aethiopica and its principal constituent, xylopic acid, on the arachidonic acid pathway of inflammation. Hydrogen sulphide is endogenously produced in mammalian tissues from the enz...