TITLE:
Zootechnical, Pharmacological Uses and Chemical Composition of Napoleonaea vogelii Hook & Planch (Lecythidaceae) in West Africa—A Review
AUTHORS:
Pascal Abiodoun Olounladé, Christian Cocou Dansou, Oriane Songbé, Kisito Babatoundé Arigbo, André Boha Aboh, Tchégniho Géraldo Houménou, Sylvie Mawulé Hounzangbé-Adoté, Latifou Lagnika
KEYWORDS:
Ethnoveterinary, Napoleonaea vogelii, Chemical Composition, Pharmacological Properties, Zootechnical Utility
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.12 No.8,
August
31,
2021
ABSTRACT: Napoleonaea vogelii, Lecythidaceae family is a tropical evergreen shrub widely distributed
in the coastal regions of West African countries including Benin. It is a
medicinal plant whose leaves and bark are of great utility in traditional
medicine. Despite its importance, it is little used in ethnoveterinary medicine
and its pharmacological basis in this field and especially in the treatment of
parasitic diseases caused by Haemonchus contortus is very little documented. This review aims to
synthesise existing data on the chemical composition, pharmacological and
zootechnical usefulness of N. vogelii and to identify the gaps of these works in order to propose research
perspectives. Google Scholar database was used to gather the majority of useful
information available on N. vogelii. The results showed that of the 23 publications included in the present
study, 60.87% dealt distinctly with the pharmacological properties of N. vogelii. These properties
include anthelmintic, antidiabetic, wound healing, antimicrobial,
antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties and N. vogelii contains many secondary
metabolites including alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, saponins, glycosides
which give it its pharmacological properties. The Correspondence Factor
Analysis performed for the variables extracts and chemical compounds showed
that the presence of a given chemical compound is not dependent on the type of
extract. This work has gathered information on N. vogelii and found that the species has powerful
therapeutic potentials but very little use in traditional veterinary medicine.
More research is needed on this plant to make available ethnoveterinary
pharmacological data to enable proper use in the treatment of animal diseases
in general and gastrointestinal parasitosis of small ruminants in particular.