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Borotutu is traditional medicine made from the African tree Cochlospermum angolense, the bark of which is claimed to have hepatic healing properties. Borotutu bark pills and tea is sold in health stores. The bark showed activity against the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei in laboratory tests.^[1]

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The hepatoprotective cytochrome P-450 enzyme inhibitor isolated from the Nigerian medicinal plant Cochlospermum planchonii is a zinc salt

References

^ Presber W, Herrmann DK, Hegenscheid B (1991). "[The effect of an extract from Cochlospermum angolense ("Burututu") on Plasmodium berghei in the mouse malaria suppression test]" (in German). Angew Parasitol 32 (1): 7–9. PMID 2039095.

Categories: Medicinal plants