Author(s)

Coulibaly Kiyinlma^1*, Etien Dibié Théodore², Orso Bosson Arobia Marie Bernadine¹, Kanga Yao¹, Zirihi Guédé Noël²

¹Department of Plant Biology, UFR Sciences Biologiques, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire.
²Botany Laboratory, UFR Biosciences, Félix Houphouët Boigny University of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Objective: To identify the anti-hemorrhoidal medicinal plants of the Department of Issia and evaluate the cytotoxic activity of the most requested species. Methods: The plants used in hemorrhoid recipes in the Department of Issia (Côte d’Ivoire) were obtained using a semi-structured survey based on a questionnaire sheet. To assess the use of plants on the disease, Informant Consensus Factors (ICF) for each species were calculated. The harvested species were identified at the Centre National de Floristique (CNF) of the Félix Houphouët Boigny University (Côte d’Ivoire). Cytotoxicity tests were performed on HFF cells with the 70% ethanolic extract, prepared from the aqueous extract of the most cited species. Results: A total of twenty four medicinal species in eighteen families were recorded. Among these taxa are ten woody and fourteen herbaceous. Only three species gave an ICF greater than 0.5. The ethanolic extract 70% of the frequently requested medicinal plant did not reveal any toxicity on HFF cells. Conclusion: These results revealed that the flora of the Department of Issia is rich in anti-hemorrhoidal medicinal plant species. Their use without side effects is revealed by the absence of toxicity in one of the most solicited plants.

Hemorrhoids, ICF, Medicinal Plants, Tradipractitioners

Kiyinlma, C. , Théodore, E. , Bernadine, O. , Yao, K. and Noël, Z. (2019) Anti-Hemorrhoidal Medicinal Plants of the Department of Issia: Inventory and Cytotoxicity on HFF Cells of the Ethanolic Extract 70% of Landolphia utilis A. Chev. (Apocynaceae). Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 7, 101-110. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2019.711009.