Once relegated to the background, sweet potatoes are a staple food crop that is gaining increasing popularity in Senegal to combat malnutrition in both rural and urban areas. Given its increasingly widespread use, it is essential to establish scientific foundations for its safe u...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2025/v34i4975
Lawsonia inermis, with its many synonyms including its unfixed size and pyramid-shaped, grey seeds, is a plant with many therapeutic virtues in traditional and pharmacological medicine. Thus, this paper is about it and it is entitled Phytochemical study, evaluation of the biologi...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2025/v34i3969
A sample of hulled millet and an unhulled millet sample were collected from a rural area and their metal contents (Na, K, Mg, Ca, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) were analyzed. The samples were wetly digested, and the metals were analyzed by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The Na...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2025/v15i3370
Merremia tridentata (Convolvulaceae) is a plant belonging to the African pharmacopoeia. Its leaves are traditionally used in Senegal to treat a variety of illnesses, including cancer, diabetes, ulcers, hemorrhoids, and urinary tract infections. The present study aims to highlight...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i5875
Monitoring the presence of minerals in medicinal plants has become a health emergency due to the widespread consumption of herbal products and the risk of long-term bioaccumulation of heavy metals. This study aimed to determine the amount of heavy metals in the medicinal plant St...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4923
In this article, we studied four organs of Cassia occidentalis namely leaves, seeds, stems and roots. Cassia occidentalis is a plant used in traditional Senegalese medicine to treat several pathologies including asthma, malaria, high blood pressure, bronchitis, anemia, stubborn s...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2023/v32i6867