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Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of
Pharmacy, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1068 Blindern, Oslo 0316, Norway.
k.e.malterud@farmasi.uio.no.
Abstract
The ethnopharmacology, chemistry and pharmacology of four Malian medicinal plants, Biophytum umbraculum, Burkea africana, Lannea velutina and Terminalia macroptera
are reviewed. These plants are used by traditional healers against
numerous ailments: malaria, gastrointestinal diseases, wounds, sexually
transmitted diseases, insect bites and snake
bites, etc. The scientific evidence for these uses is, however,
limited. From the chemical and pharmacological evidence presented here,
it seems possible that the use in traditional medicine of these plants
may have a rational basis, although more clinical studies are needed.
KEYWORDS:
Biophytum umbraculum; Burkea africana; Lannea velutina; Malian medicinal plants; Terminalia macroptera
