Abstract Picralima nitida Durand and Hook,(fam. Apocynaceae) is a West African plant with
varied applications in African folk medicine. Various parts of the plant have been employed …

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by chronic
hyperglycaemia generally associated with oxidative stress. The present study aims at …

Materials and Methods: This study focused on the identification of medicinal plants used in
the local treatment of diabetes mellitus. Ethnobotanical investigations were carried out in …

Diarrhoeic diseases caused several million deaths in the world annually, especially in
Africa. 52 billion FCFA is annual attributed to this disease in Benin. They are very little …

Insecticide resistance and high incidence of malaria prompt the search for alternative
strategies for malaria vector control. This study evaluated the larvicidal efficacy of Picralima …

The methanolic and aqueous pulp extracts of Picralima nitida as an eco-friendly alternative
in malaria vector control were investigated. The sample yielded a 3.93% extract with …

Insecticides resistance and the corresponding health and environmental challenges that
arises as a result of the use of synthetic chemical based insecticides prompts the search for …

In West African traditional medicine, picralima nitida is frequently used to treat a variety of
blood-related conditions, such as anemia and diabetes, as well as malaria, diarrhea, and …

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease in developing countries. The access to
appropriate care for the management of this disease being difficult in our countries, a large …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome-related corona-virus SARS-
CoV-2, that constitutes a pandemic threat to global public health. Unfortunately, there are no …