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A review of the ethnobotany and pharmacological importance of Alstonia ooneiDe ild (Apocynaceae)

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dc.contributor.author Dotey, John Prosper Kwaku
dc.contributor.author Dukpo, Genevieve Etornam
dc.contributor.author Boahen, Yaw Opoku
dc.contributor.author Armah, Frederick Ato
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-07T12:29:12Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-07T12:29:12Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5610
dc.description 9p:, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract Alstonia booneiDe ild is a herbal medicinal plant of West African origin, popularly known as God’s tree or “Onyame dua”. Within West Africa, it is considered as sacred in some forest communities; consequently the plant parts are not eaten. The plant parts have been traditionally used for its antimalarial, aphrodisiac, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, and antipyretic activities, which have also been proved scientifically. The plant parts are rich in various bioactive compounds such as echitamidine, Nα-formylechitamidine, boonein, loganin, lupeol, ursolic acid, and β-amyrin among which the alkaloids and triterpenoids form a major portion. The present paper aims at investigating the main research undertaken on the plant in order to provide sufficient baseline information for future work and for commercial exploitation en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.title A review of the ethnobotany and pharmacological importance of Alstonia ooneiDe ild (Apocynaceae) en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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