ETHNO-PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR TREATMENT OF HUMAN INFERTILITY IN DEPARTMENT OF KORHOGO, NORTH OF IVORY COAST
Soro Tinnèlo, Kamagaté Tidiane, Touré Abdoulaye*, Méité Souleymane, Kablan Ahmont Landry Claude and Coulibaly Adama
ABSTRACT
Infertility in humans, which is a major concern for procreation in a large number of people, has now become a public health problem. Therapeutic failures in treatment of infertility in modern medicine and high cost of most effective treatments lead populations of northern Ivory Coast to resort to plants for management of this pathology. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to list medicinal plants traditionally used by herbalists and native doctors against infertility in department of Korhogo, North of Ivory Coast. An ethnopharmacological survey was carried out using an oral questionnaire addressed to 70 actors of traditional medicine of Korhogo city and these surrounding villages. These investigations have identified 22 species of plant which the most cited are Heliotropium indicum (21.60%), Cassia sieberiana (14.40%) and Flueggea virosa (9.90%). The organs of plants used to prepare various medicinal recipes are leaves (64.44%), roots (23.70%), bark (9.62%), fruit (1.5%) and whole plant (0.74%). To facilitate administration of drugs, main preparation techniques are decoction (69.4%), crushing (23.60%) and maceration (7%). The most used route is the oral route (67.31%) and the dermal route is the least used (7.14%). In addition, some treatments are prescribed only to women (45%) and men (14%) and others to both genders (41%). These data will contribute to the development of natural resources in the fight against human infertility in department of Korhogo.
Keywords: Infertility; medicinal plants, investigation, ethnopharmacology, Korhogo.
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