In vitro antiprotozoal activities and cytotoxicity of some selected Cameroonian medicinal plants (Publications)
Eight extracts from seven selected Cameroonian medicinal plants, traditionally used to treat malaria and other protozoal diseases, were tested in vitro for their antiprotozoal activities against Plasm
Host cells participate in the in vitro effects of new-generation diamidine-analogues against tachyzoites of the intracellular apicomplexan parasites... (Publications)
The in vitro effects of 19 dicationic diamidine-derivatives against the proliferative tachyzoite stages of the apicomplexan parasites Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii were investigated. Four com
Immunization against yellow fever (Publications)
Yellow fever is a potentially epidemic arboviral disease, submitted to the international health regulation. The disease is severe but rare in travellers. Immunization protects the individual and preve
Phytochemical study and antiprotozoal activity of compounds isolated from <em>Thalia geniculata</em> (Publications)
Thalia geniculata L. (Marantaceae) is an African medicinal plant traditionally used in Benin to treat malaria and other parasitic diseases. There is little ethnobotanical and almost no chemical inform
Effects of adult body size on fecundity and the pre-gravid rate of <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> females in Tanzania (Publications)
The influence of adult body size on the pre-gravid state and fecundity was studied in Anopheles gambiae Giles females hand-caught inside houses and virgin females collected as pupae in Tanzania. Blood
Occurrence of sesquiterpene derivatives in <em>Scleria striatonux</em> de wild (Cyperaceae) (Publications)
Scleria striatonux (Cyperaceae), a spice traditionally used in Cameroon, displayed an antiplasmodial activity. Two new sesquiterpenes, 1 (sclerienone A) and 2 (sclerienone B), have subsequently been i
In vitro-in vivo studies on anti-trypanosomal potentials of Zapoteca portoricensis (Publications)
Objective: Aqueous extracts of Zapoteca, portoricensis are used traditionally as antidiarrhea agent and in the treatment of diverse gastrointestinal disorders here in Nigeria specifically, the souther