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

Antiplasmodial activity of Vernonia cinerea Less (Asteraceae), a plant used in traditional medicine in Burkina Faso to treat malaria

Aboubakar Soma
  • Aboubakar Soma
  • Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme(CNRFP), 01 POB 2208 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
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Souleymane Sanon
  • Souleymane Sanon
  • Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme(CNRFP), 01 POB 2208 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
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Adama Gansané
  • Adama Gansané
  • Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme(CNRFP), 01 POB 2208 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
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Lamoussa Paul Ouattara
  • Lamoussa Paul Ouattara
  • Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme(CNRFP), 01 POB 2208 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
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Noufou Ouédraogo
  • Noufou Ouédraogo
  • Laboratoire de pharmacognosie et phytothérapie, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.
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Jean-Baptiste Nikiema
  • Jean-Baptiste Nikiema
  • Laboratoire de pharmacognosie et phytothérapie, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso.
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Sodiomon Bienvenue Sirima
  • Sodiomon Bienvenue Sirima
  • Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme(CNRFP), 01 POB 2208 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
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  •  Received: 15 November 2016
  •  Accepted: 19 December 2016
  •  Published: 08 February 2017

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