| in vitro cytotoxic, antileishmanial and antifungal activities of ethnopharmacologically selected gabonese plants. | seventy-seven crude extracts from leaves and stem barks of 15 gabonese plants used in traditional medicine were evaluated for their cytotoxic, antileishmanial and antifungal activities. most of the extracts exhibited cytotoxic activities toward human monocytes, and most particularly the hydromethanolic 50% (v/v) fraction of ganophyllum giganteum leaves (ic(50)=1.3 microg/ml) as well as the methanolic extracts of polyalthia suaveolens, dioscorea preussii, augouardia letestui leaves and cola lizae ... | 2005 | 16046090 |