dichrostachys/asthma

BACKGROUND Leaves of Boerhavia diffusa (Nyctaginaceae), Baphia nitida, Cassia occidentalis, Desmodium adscendens (Fabaceae), and root bark of Dichrostachys cinerea (Fabaceae) are used in Ivory Coast for the treatment of asthma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential airway relaxant

BACKGROUND Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight et Arn. (Mimosaceae) is largely used in ethno-medically across Africa, and mainly employed for the treatment of asthma in Ivory Coast and Gabon. The paper analyses the relaxation induced by the methanolic extract of D. cinerea (Edici) in the guinea-pig

BACKGROUND D. cinerea are the chief source of drug compounds that are active against various ailments such as jaundice, inflammations rheumatism, fever, asthma, body ache, chest problems, toothache, ulcers, wounds, eye diseases and have an aphrodisiac property. In present study, It was aimed to test

BACKGROUND The use of medicinal plants in Gabon contributes widely to the primary health care of the people of this area of Central Africa. This paper investigates the pharmacological properties of Dichrostachys cinerea, the plant barks are traditionally used by Gabonese and Ivorian populations to