Swartzia madagascariensis
,
Combretum glutinosum
and
Tinospora bakis
are three plants of the folk medicine used by healers in Burkina Faso for the treatment of malaria. A scientific validation of this utilization was not previously made. Aqueous, methanol, hydromethanol extracts from the roots bark of S. madagascariensis, methanol and hydromethanol extracts from the leaves of
C. glutinosum and aqueous and alkaloidal extracts from the roots of
T. bakis were also made and their antimalarial activity was screened against
Plasmodium falciparum
chloroquine-resistant strain W2 in vitro. The screening showed that the methanol and hydromethanol extracts of
Swartzia madagascariensis, hydromethanol extracts of
Combretum glutinosum and alkaloidal extracts of
Tinospora bakis were active(5μg/ml < IC50 < 50 μg/ml).
