Publications (218)
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Pharmacological Modulation of Steroid Activity in Hormone-Dependent Breast and Prostate Cancers: Effect of Some Plant Extract Derivatives
Bagora Bayala, Abdou Azaque Zoure, Silvère Baron, Cyrille de Joussineau, Jacques Simpore, Jean-Marc A Lobaccaro
: The great majority of breast and prostate tumors are hormone-dependent cancers; hence, estrogens and androgens can, respectively, drive their developments, making it possible to use pharmacological therapies in their hormone-dependent phases by targeting the levels of steroid or modulating their physiological activity through their respectiv(...)
hormone-dependent tumors ; nuclear receptors ; plant extract derivatives ; prostate and breast cancers ; steroids
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Contribution of Sub-Saharan African medicinal plants to cancer research: Scientific basis 2013-2023
Marc D W Adico, Bagora Bayala, Julio Bunay , Silvère Baron , Jacques Simpore , Jean-Marc A Lobaccaro
Cancer incidence and mortality rates are increasing worldwide. Cancer treatment remains a real challenge for African countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where funding and resources are very limited. High costs, side effects and drug resistance associated with cancer treatment have encouraged scientists to invest in research into new he(...)
Cytotoxicity, Medicinal plants, Molecular mechanisms, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Petrostructural and Microstructural Characterization of Granitoids from the Ziniare Region (Central Burkina Faso, West Africa)
Saga Sawadogo1*, Abraham Seydoux Traore1, Oussény Sourgou2
The Ziniare region is mainly made up of volcano-sedimentary and granitoid formations: the highly altered volcano-sedimentary formations are shales corresponding to the relics of the Birimian furrows, whose general orientation varies from north-south (N-S) to north-east-south-west (NE-SW). This structure is the result of regional shortening f(...)
Deformation, Structure, Granitoid, Shear, Phase
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Relationships between African landforms, regolith materials, and Cenozoic climate change: Implications for sedimentary source-to-sink systems
Dominique CHARDON, Benjamin SAWADOGO, Ousmane BAMBA
This review of landform-regolith associations at a reference locality in Burkina Faso decodes the 50-million-year
long paleoclimatic imprint on the African landscape. Stepwise morpho-pedogenesis formed a sequence of
landform-regolith associations, offering insights into surface evolution processes at successive landscape stages(...)
Laterite, Critical zone, Erosion, Weathering, Sediment routing system, Etchplain, Pediment, Geodiversity, Burkina Faso
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Geological and Geochemical Prospecting for Gold Mineralisation in Gnimi-Yaboghan, Southwestern Burkina Faso, Western Africa
Ibrahim Ouedraogo1 ; Olisa Olusegun.G.2 ; Saga Sawadogo3
Gold mineralization in Gnimi-Yaboghan, southwestern Burkina Faso, was investigated to enhance understanding of its geological context and exploration potential. Geological mapping at a 1:50,000 scale revealed amphibolite, schist, granitoid, and quartz veins. Mineralogical and geochemical analyses (XRF, ICP-MS) and fire assay techniques identif(...)
Geochemical Prospecting, Gold Mineralisation, Hydrothermal Fluid, Structures, Burkina-Faso
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Characterization and Evaluation of the Agronomic Suitability of Three Soil Types for Sorghum Production in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Burkina Faso
Adama Ilboudo, Daouda Guébré, Harouna Ouédraogo, Aminata Ganeme, Koulibi Fidèle Zongo and Edmond Hien
Declining agricultural fertility represent a major challenge to food security in the Sudano-Sahelian areas. In this context, it is essential to cultivate resilient cereals, such as sorghum, whose productivity depends heavily on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil. This study aims to assess soil chemical fertility in o(...)
Fertility, topography, sorghum, agricultural potential, Sudano-Sahelian zone
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Characterization and Evaluation of the Agronomic Suitability of Three Soil Types for Sorghum Production in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Burkina Faso
Adama Ilboudo , Daouda Guébré , Harouna Ouédraogo, Aminata Ganeme, Koulibi Fidèle Zongo, Edmond Hien
Declining agricultural fertility represent a major challenge to food security in the Sudano-Sahelian areas. In this context, it is essential to cultivate resilient cereals, such as sorghum, whose productivity depends heavily on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil. This study aims to assess soil chemical fertility in o(...)
Fertility; topography; sorghum; agricultural potential; Sudano-Sahelian zone
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Performance of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission for Monitoring Small Lakes in West Africa
Félix Girard , Laurent Kergoat , Ibrahim Mainassara , Maxime Wubda, Edwige Dayangnéwendé Nikièma, Amadou Abdourhamane Touré , Julien Renou, Maxime Vayre, Nicolas Taburet , Nicolas Picot , and Manuela Grippa
The volume variability and the hydrological functioning of the thousands of lakes in the Sahelian region are poorly known. The recently launched Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission carrying a wide-swath Ka-band radar interferometer offers new opportunities for large-scale monitoring of lake dynamics, and overcomes the spatial cov(...)
Africa, altimetry, lakes, reservoirs, surface water and ocean topography (SWOT), satellite applications, synthetic aperture radar, water surface area (WSA), water surface elevation (WSE), water volume
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Quantitative assessment of groundwater discharge using hydrograph separation and spring discharge in the Ou´em´e valley, southern Benin
Bio Guidah Chabi, Huguette C. Emvoutou, Val´erie D.O. Kotchoni, Abdoukarim Alassane, Iboukoun Christian Alle, Maxime Wubda, Moussa Boukari
Groundwater is the primary source of freshwater for drinking, agricultural water, and industrial in many nations worldwide. Understanding the interaction between groundwater and river is vital for the sustainable management of water resources. This study aims to evaluate groundwater discharge into two major rivers in coastal sedimentary basin.(...)
Stable isotopes, Hydrograph separation, Springs, Benin
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Managing Urban Water Bodies For Sustainable Development In Rapidly Urbanizing West African Cities: Insights From Burkina Faso
Idrissa Kaboré
Uncontrolled urbanizations, combined with lack of management strategies in low-income countries, have
raised big concern about the sustainability of urban centers, particularly in West Africa. The increasing human
pressures, climate variability, and inconsistency of policies have exacerbated the urban crisis in West Africa.
For this reas(...)
Urbanization, Waterbodies, Pollution, Sustainability, West Africa.
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Preliminary Note on the Control of Gold Mineralization in South-West of Burkina Faso (West Africa): The Case of Zone B of the Gnimi-Yabogane Deposit
Saga Sawadogo 1,2* , Abraham Seydoux Traoré 1 , Oussény Sourgou 3 , Rayangniwendé Abdoul Rasaky Kaboré 2
Analysis of gold mineralization in the Gnimi-Yabogane B zone, in the com-
mune of Dano in southwest Burkina Faso, within the Boromo greenstone belt,
reveals local geology comprising volcano-sedimentary rocks, meta-andesite,
amphibolitic gabbros, and granodiorites. The study highlighted three phases
of deformation (D1, D2, D3), with mine(...)
Mineralization, Deformation, Structures, Gnimi, Yaboghane
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Review of Paleoproterozoic tectonics in the southern West African Craton: Insights from multi-disciplinary data integration
Julien Perret, Mark W. Jessell, Quentin Masurel, Patrick C. Hayman, Nicolas Thébaud, Lenka Baratoux, Alain Kouamélan d, Aurélien Eglinger, Anne-Sylvie André-Mayer, Augustin Y. Koffi, Ibrahima Dia, Jacques Koné, James Davis, Ousmane Wane, Prince O. Amponsah, Seta Naba, Oliver Vanderhaeghe
For over a century, research has focused on the southern West African Craton (sWAC), aiming to unravel its lithological, geochemical, geochronological, structural, metamorphic, and metallogenic record. Yet, the late Siderian to early Rhyacian (c. 2350–2265 Ma) geodynamic setting of the sWAC remains poorly constrained due to (i) the unresolved(...)
southern West African Craton, Paleoproterozoic, Tectonics, Geodynamics, Multi-disciplinary data integration
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Assessment of the agronomic value of digestate from cashew nut shell and cow dung anaerobic digestion,
Mahamadi NIKIEMA, Amidou S. OUILI, K. Marius SOMDA, Amidou S. OUILI, Assièta OUATTARA, Cheik Omar Tidiane COMPAORÉ, Cheik A. T. OUATTARA, Narcis BARSAN, Joseph B. SAWADOGO, Ynoussa MAIGA, Iliassou MOGMENGA, Cheik A. T. OUATTARA, Aboubakar S. OUATTARA and Aboubakar S. OUATTARA
This study investigated agronomic characteristics of digestates from cashew nut shell and cow dung anaerobic digestion. General characteristics and agronomic value of digestates were determined using standard methods. Gaseous emissions (biogas, CH4, CO2) were evaluated. Microbiological quality of digestates was evaluated, as well as phytotoxic(...)
Anaerobic digestion, Cashew nut shel, Boving dung, Digestate, Agronomic value, Phytotoxicity
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Comparison of methods to derive the height-area relationship of shallow lakes in west africa using remote sensing
F. Girard, L. Kergoat, E. Nikiema, M. Wubda, R. Yonaba, T. Fowé, A. Abdourhamane Touré, I. Mainassara, M. de Fleury, M. Grippa
In West Africa, lakes and reservoirs play a vital role as they are critical resources for drinkingwater, livestock, irrigation, and fisheries. Given the scarcity of in‐situ data, satellite remote sensing is animportant tool for monitoring lake volume changes in this region. Several methods have been developed to dothis using water height‐area‐(...)
Height-erea-volume, Radar and lidar altimetry, Inherent limits, spatio-temporal coverage
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Bissa Gold mineralization in the Sabcé district, Goren belt (Burkina Faso, West African Craton): implication of arsenic in the concentration of visible and invisible gold in pyrites
Yacouba Ouedraogo, Hermann Ilboudo, Pascal Ouiya, Wilfried Antoine Bassou Toe, Séta Naba
The Bissa orogenic gold deposit is located at the contact between basic (basalt) and felsic (dacite) volcanic formations through intermediates (andesite) and graphite-intercalated sandstone-pelitic sedimentary formations. This green schist facies metamorphosed ensemble is hosted by the 15 km-long Sabce shear zone within the Goren greenstone be(...)
Bissa Gold, Sabce shear zone, Hydrothermal alteration,Visible and invisible gold