Phytochemical study of the plant Araliopsis Soyauxii (Rutaceae)

This work is part of a research project on the phytochemical study of the Araliopsis Soyauxii plant. This plant is used in traditional Cameroonian medicine to combat malaria. In order to enhance the value of traditional African pharmacopoeia and develop improved traditional medicines (ITMs) phytochemical studies such as this one are carried out on extracts of medicinal plant parts (bark leaves roots etc.) to isolate the active ingredients or secondary metabolites and confirm their efficacy as traditional medicines. To achieve this the first step which is the subject of this book has to be taken. This involves harvesting the part of the plant to be studied extracting isolating and characterising the chemical compounds isolated from it. This work contributes to determining the chemical composition of the bark of the trunk of the Araliopsis Soyauxii plant. Knowledge of this composition is useful for studying molecular interactions in the body and thus preventing the toxic effects of its misuse in traditional African medicine.