African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0816
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 2288

Full Length Research Paper

Sclerocarya birrea: Review of the pharmacology of its antidiabetic effects and toxicity

Abdul Gafar Victoir Coulidiaty
  • Abdul Gafar Victoir Coulidiaty
  • Laboratory of Drug Development, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, BP 958 Ouagadougou 09, Burkina Faso. 2Centre MURAZ, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
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Estelle Noëla Hoho Youl
  • Estelle Noëla Hoho Youl
  • Laboratory of Drug Development, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, BP 958 Ouagadougou 09, Burkina Faso. 3Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Toxicology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Yalgado Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso.
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Téné Marceline Yaméogo
  • Téné Marceline Yaméogo
  • 4Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sourô Sanou, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. 5Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé (INSSA), University Nazi Boni, Burkina Faso.
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  •  Received: 11 May 2021
  •  Accepted: 17 August 2021
  •  Published: 31 August 2021

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