%0 Journal Article %T BIOLOGICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF EXTRACTS FROM PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS POIR (FABACEAE) ROOT BARKS %A Dijoux-Franca Marie-Genevieve %A Guissou Innocent Pierre %A Hay Anne-Emmanuelle %A Koudou Jean %A Lompo Marius %A Nikiema Jean-baptiste %A Ou¨¦draogo Jean Claude W %A Ou¨¦draogo Noufou %A Sawadogo W Richard %A Tibiri Andr¨¦ %J Archive of "African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines". %D 2017 %R 10.21010/ajtcam.v14i1.21 %X Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. belonging to Fabacae familly is used as medicinal plant in Burkina Faso¡¯s folk medicine. Roots of P. erinaceus are used to treat ulcer, stomach ache and inflammatory diseases. The objective of the present study was to carry out phytochemical composition of methanol (MeOH) and dichloromethane (DCM) extracts from Pterocarpus erinaceus roots, to isolate pure compounds, and to evaluate their pharmacological activities %K Pterocarpus erinaceus %K triterpenes %K anti-inflammatory %K antioxidant %K lipoxygenase %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5411871/