Patrick Van Damme

Fatty Acids and Tocopherols Content in Fractionated Oils from Five Wild Oilseed Plants Native to Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Kivu-DR Congo

Kazadi Minzangi, Justin N. Kadima, Archileo N. Kaaya, Bertrand Matthäus, Patrick Van Damme, Bashwira Samvura, Dieudonné E. Mosibono, Katula Belesi & Pius T. Mpiana · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2015

Aims: Most natural oils only have limited application in their crude forms, but fractionation can provide a variety of food applications. The objective  was to fractionate crude oils from five selected plants growing wild in Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in DR Congo, to analy...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2015/19653

Ethnomedicinal Study of Plants Used for Treatment of Diabetes, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Ailments in Fokoue and Santchou Subdivisions, Menoua Division of West Cameroon

Rui Zhang, Kaat Verzelen, Roger Tsobou, Wouter Vanhove, Victor François Nguetsop & Patrick Van Damme · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2022

Background: In Cameroon, numerous people rely on medicinal plants and possess knowledge on the use of these plants. Plant knowledge from indigenous people is rapidly disappearing due to environmental, social and economic pressure, processes and changes. In view of this, ethnobota...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejmp/2022/v33i530464