Workshop on
African Medicinal Plants Standards
Pretoria, 13-15 May 2005
AMPS-related activities
in Madagascar
Philippe Rasoanaivo
Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliquées

Malagasy pharmacopoeia
Organizational structure
Coordinator
National Committee
International Advisors

Financial support of Pierre Fabre Foundation

Criteria for plant selection
Endemic or indigenous plants
Plants of effective or potential economic value
Plants investigated with good pharmacological/
phytochemical profiles
Plants with strong ethnobotanical background

Structure of the monograph
Validated botanical name
Synonymous
Vernacular names
Description: (i) macroscopic, (ii) microscopic
Origin and geographical distribution, ecological status
Traditional uses
Phytochemistry
Pharmacology
Toxicity
Analytical data
Clinical data
Therapeutic uses
References

Main sources of data
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores
W3 TROPICOS
Computerized ethnomedical data
MBOI
NAPRALERT
HINARI
Sci Finder
Chapman & Hall (cederom)

Schedule for publication
Tome I: 25 plants, next year

Tome II: 75 plants, 2-3 years ?

Indianoceanic pharmacopoeia
Origin
Recommendation of the Université Rurale de
l’Océan Indien (December 2004)

Criteria for plant selection
Relevant medicinal plants common to Mauritius
Madagascar and Reunion Island

15 priority plants selected

Artemisia annua
IMRA
Cultivation
INDENA

Sanofi-Aventis
Manufacturing, marketing

Processing in
Madagascar