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Composition and antimicrobial activities of the leaf and flower essential oils of Lippia chevalieri and Ocimum canum from Burkina Faso

Bassole IHN , Nebie R , Savadogo A , Ouattara CT , Barro N , Traore SA

The essential oils of the air dried leaves and flowers of Lippia chevalieri Moldenke and Ocimum canum Sims from Burkina Faso were analysed by GC-MS. Essential oil of the leaves of L. chevalieri is composed mainly of thymol (27.4%), p-cymene (21.1%), and 2-phenyl-ethyl-propionate (12.6%), while the oils from flower is compo(...)

Lippia chevalieri, Ocimum canum, essential oils, chemical composition

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Indigenous West African plants as novel sources of polysaccharide degrading enzymes: application in the reduction of the viscosity of cereal porridges

144. DICKO Mamoudou. H., Searle-van LEEUWEN, M. J. F., BELDMAN, G., OUEDRAOGO, O. G., HILHORST, R. and TRAORE, A. S

Ethnobotanical and biochemical surveys revealed that some local plants from West Africa are novel sources of polysaccharide degrading enzymes such as amylases and glucanases. The study shows that these enzymes could be used for various biotechnological applications. In a crude extract of Curculigo pilosa, ß-amylase was the main starch hydrolyz(...)

α-amylase, ß-amylase, ß-glucanase, yeast glucan, infant porridge, Boscia senegalensis, Gladilus klattianus

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Indigenous West African plants as novel sources of polysaccharide degrading enzymes: application in the reduction of the viscosity of cereal porridges

DICKO Mamoudou. H., Hilhorst R, Traoré A. S.

Ethnobotanical and biochemical surveys revealed that some local plants from West Africa are novel sources of polysaccharide degrading enzymes such as amylases and glucanases. The study shows that these enzymes could be used for various biotechnological applications. In a crude extract of Curculigo pilosa, ß-amylase was the main starch hydrolyz(...)

Agricultural and Resource Economics, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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Acute toxicity and antioxydant property of Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth (Scrophulariaceae)

Martin Kiendrebeogo, Marie-Geneviève Dijoux-Franca, Charles Euloge Lamien, Aline Meda, Denis Wouessidjewe

Plants containing flavonoids have been reported to possess strong antioxidant properties. The aqueous acetone extract of Striga hermonthica was further separated into aqueous and ethyl acetate fractions and assayed for their in vitro antioxidant properties using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The crude extract exhibits a weak antioxidan(...)

Striga hermonthica, luteolin, antioxidant, acute toxicity

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Profil lipidique au cours de l’infection par le VIH à Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso: intérêt des marqueurs lipidiques dans le suivi de l’évolution de l’infection à VIH

E. KABRE

Le VIH détruit le système immunitaire de l'organisme chez les personnes infectées entraînant ainsi des perturbations métaboliques au rang desquelles des troubles lipidiques. L'objectif de cette étude a été d'établir le profil lipidique au cours de l'infection par le VIH chez des patients adultes burkinabé reçus en pré-inclusion thérapeutique a(...)

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Hybridity and Orature: the Cases of Mérimée and Carleton”

André Kaboré

NUI Maynooth Postgraduate Research Record : Proceedings of the Colloquium

Hybridité, performance, orature

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Mécanisme général de la genèse des pluies et leur répartition au Burkina Faso

DIPAMA Jean-Marie

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Mots clés non renseignés

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Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of polyphenols from ethnomedicinal plants of Burkina Faso

KAROU, D., Mamoudou H. DICKO, SIMPORE, J., and Traoré, A. S

Polyphenols from four medicinal plants of Burkina Faso, Combretum micranthum, Khaya senegalensis, Pterocarpus erinaceus and Sida acuta, were screened for their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities against pathogenic bacteria. The medicinal plants displayed different polyphenols contents and antioxidant activities. The bark of P. erinaceus(...)

Antioxidants, polyphenols, antimicrobials

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Christianisme, colonialisme et nationalisme culturel en Afrique noire à l’heure de la décolonisation, 1945-1960

Magloire Somé

Cet article analyse les réactions des élites africaines face à l'acculturation occidentale en Afrique. Le christianisme est perçu comme le bras spirituel de la colonisation et dénoncé par les élites nationalistes. Cependant, certaines élites christianisées considéraient que le christianisme est désormais une donnée religieuse africaine à prend(...)

christianisme, nationalisme, acculturation, décolonisation, Afrique

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Evaluation of the Effect of Germination on Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activities in Sorghum Varieties

DICKO, Mamoudou. H., GRUPPEN, H., TRAORE, A. S.; van BERKEL, W. J. H. and VORAGEN, A. G. J.

The screening of 50 sorghum varieties showed that, on average, germination did not affect the content in total phenolic compounds but decreased the content of proanthocyanidins, 3-deoxyanthocyanidins, and flavan-4-ols. Independent of germination, there are intervarietal differences in antioxidant activities among sorghum varieties. Phenolic co(...)

Sorghum, , germination, ,antioxidan, ,proanthocyanidin, ,3-deoxyanthocyanidins, ,apigeninidins

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« Les enfants et les femmes dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma »

Alain Joseph Sissao

« Les enfants et les femmes dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma »

roman, enfant

THèSE

Endogenous phenolics and starch modifying enzymes as determinants of sorghum for food use in Burkina Faso

Mamoudou Hama DICKO

The objective of this thesis is to screen for biochemical determinants in sorghum varieties cultivated in Burkina Faso to identify the best sorghum varieties to be used as source of bioactive components or for specific local foods, e.g. "tô", thin porridges for infants, granulated foods "couscous", and local beers "dolo". The results revealed(...)

sorghum, starch, amylase, phenolic compounds, proanthocyanidins, 3-deoxyanthocyanidin, flavan-4-ols, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, antioxidant

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Voltammetric assay of Guaifenesin in pharmaceutical formulation

I. TAPSOBA

The electrochemical oxidation of Guaifenesin in a pharmaceutical formulation containing Guaifenesin has been carried out in Britton–Robinson buffer (BRB)(0.04 mol L− 1) on platinum electrode. Guaifenesin exhibits a well-defined irreversible oxidation peak at 0.924 V/ref. The influence of pH on the oxidation of Guaifenesin was studied in BRB (p(...)

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