@article{Bernadin_Witabouna_2017, title={Evaluation Des Conditions De Traitement Et De Stockage Des Plantes Médicinales Sur Les Marchés Du District d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)}, volume={13}, url={https://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/view/8696}, DOI={10.19044/esj.2017.v13n3p396}, abstractNote={The present study was carried out to inventory medicinal plants storage conditions on the markets of Abidjan district. A survey was conducted from August to October 2015 in three settings of the district of Abidjan (Abobo, Adjame and Yopougon). A total of 350 sellers of medicinal plants were interrogated using semi-structured interviews. The respondents were predominantly female (98.9%), aged between 30 and 60 years. The supply of medicinal plants in the markets was done by the wholesalers (86%) who themselves harvested plants in different forests or savanah of Côte d’Ivoire. The majority of sellers (73%) did not apply any measure of hygiene in storage. These people in 99.4% of case were not trained on good storage practices. Sale places were accessible to rodents and exposed to dust caused by traffic jamp. The presence of mud (9.1%) and garbage (23.1%) was noted in the immediate surrounding of the displays. These practices of processing and storage of medicinal plants were similar in all the visited settings. These storage conditions may constitute a hazardous risk for the consumer and justify the degradation of medicinal plants on the markets.}, number={3}, journal={European Scientific Journal, ESJ}, author={Bernadin, Kouamé Kouassi and Witabouna, Koné Mamidou}, year={2017}, month={Jan.}, pages={396} }