Abstract
a peer-reviewed, open access online international journal which publishes original research papers. The journal welcomes submission from scholars and experts for possible publication from all over the world. The scope of the journal includes: Pharmaceutical research, chemistry and biochemistry of naturally occurring compounds, biological evaluation of crude extracts, ethnomedicine, traditional and complementary medicine, ethnopharmacology, biomedical research, Biotechnology, Evaluation of natural substances of land and sea and of plants, microbes and animals, pharmacognosy, bioavailability, clinical, pharmacological, toxicological studies and pharmacokinetics of phytochemicals, Isolation and characterization of compounds, structure elucidation, synthesis and experimental biosynthesis of natural Product as well as developments of methods in these areas are welcomed in the journal.
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Medicines from medicinal plants form the basis of primary healthcare for majority of the people living in rural and urban areas
Immunostimulant property, diuretic, spasmolytic and hypotensive properties, antipsychotic and anxiolytic effect,[4] antimalarial, antipyretic, analgesic, anthelmintic and reversible antifertility effect. 5,6 The stem bark of A. boonei is used in traditional medicine to treat fever, painful micturition, insomnia, malaria and chronic diarrhea, rheumatic pains, as anti-venom for snake bites and in the treatment of arrow poisoning
A. boonei has a history of use in traditional medicine in Nigeria and Central Cameroon for the treatment of malaria, insomnia, chronic diarrhea, and rheumatic pains, it serves as anti-venom for snake bites and in the treatment of arrow poisoning.[3,7]
Summary
Medicines from medicinal plants form the basis of primary healthcare for majority of the people living in rural and urban areas. Alstonia boonei is a large evergreen tree belonging to the family Apocynaceae and one of the widely used medicinal plants in different parts of Africa. It is distributed throughout the tropics and the rain forest of west and Central Africa and has been found effective against several pathogens. It has been reported that over 70 countries are malaria endemic and globally, an estimated 3.4 billion people are at risk of malaria infection.[1] In this study, the antimalarial activity of pooled fractions from the ethyl acetate extract of A. boonei leaves was carried out with the intent of providing scientific proof of the claim by traditional healers of its uses in traditional medicine especially as a herbal treatment for malaria
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