Ethno-pharmacological survey and floristical study of some medicinal plants traditionally used to treat infectious and parasitic pathologies in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Medicinal Plants

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Ethno-pharmacological survey and floristical study of some medicinal plants traditionally used to treat infectious and parasitic pathologies in the Democratic Republic of Congo

K.N. Ngbolua(a), P.T. Mpiana(b)*, V. Mudogo(b), N.K. Ngombe(c), D.S.T. Tshibangu(b), E. Ekutsu(a), O.N. Kabena(a), B.Z. Gbolo(a), C.L. Muanyishay (a)

a Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kinshasa, BP 190 Kinshasa XI, RD Congo

b Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kinshasa, BP 190 Kinshasa XI, RD Congo

c Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo

Keywords: Pathogenic organisms, medicinal plants, decoction, nutraceuticals remedies, Congo basin

Citation: Ngbolua K.N., Mpiana P.T., Mudogo V., NgombeN.K., Tshibangu D.S.T., Ekutsu E., Kabena O.N., Gbolo B.Z., Muanyishay C.L.,2014. Ethno-pharmacological survey and floristical study of some medicinalplants traditionally used to treat infectious and parasitic pathologies in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo. International Journal of Medicinal Plants. Photon 106,454-467.

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Abstract

In Africa, about 80% of population relies on Traditional Medicine for it health care purpose. The goal of this work was to identify and characterize ecological status of plants used to treat infectious and parasitic pathologies in DRC. Forty traditional healers from different ethnic groups living in Kinshasa were interviewed about the selected plant species. Fifty plant species were identified as spontaneously growing in DRC out of which phanerophytes predominate (40 species). 78.7% of herbal remedies are prepared by aqueous decoction. 91.2% of recipes are administered to patients by oral route. 58.0 % of used medicinal plants are Guinean species. Stem bark is the most used part and Malaria and Amibiasis are the most treated diseases (56%). Rubiaceae species were the most cited medicinal plants indicating high utility value of these species for the Congolese community. Herbal remedies used against pathogenic organisms in DRC are widely administered as aqueous decoctions. Chemical and pharmacological studies of some of these preparations are in progress. Promoting ex-situ conservation of some of these medicinal plants endemic to Congo basin through in vitro cell culture will permit to conserve these biological resources.