Jatropha multifida linn (Euphorbiaceae)‎ : exploration des proprietes antibacteriennes et du pouvoir cicatrisant de la seve de cette plante chez le rat albinos de souche wistar

الملخص EN

Jatropha multifida Linn is a plant used in traditional medicine in the treatment of certain diseases or skin troubles in Republic of the Benin.

In this study, the sap of the plant was used to evaluate its healing and antimicrobial activities.

With this intention, the antimicrobic activity of the sap carried out starting from the method of dilution in solid medium was evaluated on two germs of references : Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

The results showed that J multifida has a very strong inhibiting activity on the growth of S.

aureus (nearly 100 %) with one CMI equal to 20 mg / ml and an average inhibition on the growth of E coli.

The healing activity of the sap was required on the wounds (wound of excision of size 2,25 cm2) carried out in the albino rat Wistar.

The results indicated that at the end of 19 days of treatment (once every 48 hours), the wounds of the rats of the treated batch were healed to 99 % compared to those of the batch untreated and being used as witness of which the percentage of retraction of the wounds is 43 % at the same stage.