RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ethnobotanical survey on Medicinal Plants used in the treatment of tumors in two cities of Burkina Faso: Phytochemistry and Antioxidant activities

Béboila Ouoba.1* Bintou Sessouma.2 Mindiédiba Jean Bangou.1,3 Mindiempo Hyacinthe Thiombiano.1 Amandine Lema.1 Mamadou Sawadogo.1 Aminata P Nacoulma.5 Hermann Yempabou Ouoba.1,4 Georges Anicet Ouedraogo.1,3

• .1Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Nazi BONI, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso 
• .2Laboratory of Molecular Chemistry and Materials, Unit of Training and Research in Exact and Applied Sciences, (UFR/SEA), University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso 
• .3Laboratory for Research and Education in Animal Health and Biotechnology (LARESBA), University of Nazi BONI, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso 
• .4University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Life and Earth Sciences Training and Research Unit (UFR-SVT), Laboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology (LABEV), University of Nazi BONI, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso 
• .5Department of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, UFR Health Sciences, Ouaga I Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso

Corresponding Author: Béboila Ouoba. University of Nazi BONI, Life and Earth Sciences Training and Research Unit (UFR-SVT), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Nazi BONI, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso. E-mail: [email protected] 

Received: January 06, 2023                                              Published: February 02, 2023 

Citation: Béboila O. Ethnobotanical survey on Medicinal Plants used in the treatment of tumors in two cities of Burkina Faso: Phytochemistry and Antioxidant activities. Int J Complement Intern Med. 2023;3(1):106–117. DOI: 10. 58349/IJCIM. 1. 3. 2023. 00116 

Copyright: ©2023 Ouoba. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially.

Abstract 

In Burkina Faso, phytotherapy is the main medical alternative used by the population to manage various diseases, including tumors. The objective of the present study was to assess the medicinal plants with antitumor properties in the cities of Bobo Dioulasso and Fada N'Gourma and to evaluate the phytochemical and antioxidant activity of two most solicited species. In this perspective, an ethnobotanical survey using a semi-structured interviews were conducted. Then, methanolic extract was performed to quantify total phenolic and flavonoid contents using Folin-Ciocalteu and aluminum chloride reagents, respectively. The results of the ethnobotanical survey allowed us to identify 40 species belonging 32 families of medicinal plants. A total of 104 tradipraticians were surveyed in both cities. Diospyros mespiliformis hocht and Daniellia oliveri Hutch. & Dalz were retained at the end of the analysis with (7.4%) and (6.8%) as frequency of citations respectively. D. mespiliformis leaf extract had the highest total phenolic content (56.34±6.49 mg EAG/100mg) and the highest total flavonoid content (2.35±0.58 EQ/100mg) was obtained by the D. oliveri extract. The best antioxidant activity was observed in the ABTS●+ radical inhibition method especially with the total methanolic extract of D. mespiliformis leaves (12308.15±333.0 9µmol EAA/g). The contents of polyphenolic compounds associate of antioxidant activities could justify the various uses of these plant species in traditional medicine. 

Keywords: Ethnobotany, Traditional Medicine, Polyphenols, Antioxidant, Antitumor

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