F. M. Kasali

Ethnopharmacological Survey of Medicinal Plants Used against Malaria in Bukavu City (D. R. Congo)

F. M. Kasali, A. O. Mahano, D. S. Nyakabwa, N. J. Kadima, F. M. Misakabu, D. S. T. Tshibangu, K. N. Ngbolua & P. T. Mpiana · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2013

Aims: An Ethnopharmacological survey was conducted in the city of Bukavu, in order to identify plant species and recipes used in Congolese folk medicine for the treatment of malaria. Study Design: Survey; plant collection; plant identification and classification: family, used par...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2014/5766

Medicinal Plants Used in Alternative Medicine to Treat Cancer in Bukavu

N. J. Kadima, A. B. Marhegeko, F. M. Kasali & N. J. Mugaruka · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2016

Current modern anticancer therapies are costly, inaccessible and even unavailable for poor populations living in resources-limited countries. The alternative way of treatment consists of using herbal remedies offered by traditional health practitioners. The study explored which p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2016/23756

In vitro Antisickling and Radical Scavenging Activities of a Poly-herbal Formula (Drepanoalpha®) in Sickle Cell Erythrocyteand Acute Toxicity Study in Wistar Albino Rats

K. N. Ngbolua, P. T. Mpiana, D. S. T. Tshibangu, P. P. Mazasa, B. Z. Gbolo, E. K. Atibu, J. N. Kadima & F. M. Kasali · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2014

Aims: To evaluate the antisickling and radical scavenging activities and acute toxicity of indigenous nutritive formula Drepanoalpha®, produced through a bio-guided based plant selection. Study Design: Drepanoalpha® extracts, Antisickling activity by Emmel test, Antioxidant activ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2014/11861