J. Totté

TL;DR: The chemical composition of essential oils from 15 aromatic medicinal plant species growing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been studied and results indicate that all essential oils inhibited the growth of selected bacteria at different extents.

TL;DR: A series of 100 Rwandese medicinal plants, used by traditional healers to treat infections, were screened for antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties and not less than 27% of the plant species exhibited prominent antiviral Properties against one or more test viruses.

TL;DR: The in vitro antiplasmodial activity of seven EtOH extracts and twenty fractions from the partition of the initial ethanolic extracts from seven African medicinal plants used in the Democratic Republic of Congo was evaluated and may be related to the presence of terpenes, steroids, coumarins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, xanthones and anthraquinones.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effect of nine African medicinal plants (Cassia occidentalis leaves, Cryptolepis sanguinolenta root bark, Euphorbia hirta whole plant, Garcinia kola stem bark and seeds, Morinda lucida leaves and Phyllanthus niruri whole plant) on P. falciparum growth in vitro.

TL;DR: Three major extracts from some traditional preparations, based on medicinal plants, used as antidiarrhoeal agents were investigated for their putative antiamoebic and spasmolytic activities in vitro, and indicated that both biological activities are concentrated in the polyphenolic fraction.