2024
Moussavi, N., W. van der Ent, D. Diallo, R. Sanogo, K. E. Malterud, C. V. Esguerra and H. Wangensteen (2024). "Inhibition of Seizure-Like Paroxysms and Toxicity Effects of Securidaca longepedunculata Extracts and Constituents in Zebrafish Danio rerio." ACS Chemical Neuroscience 15(3): 617-628.
Moussavi, N., P. P. Mounkoro, S. M. Dembele, N. N. Ballo, A. Togola, D. Diallo, R. Sanogo, H. Wangensteen and B. S. Paulsen (2024). "Polyherbal combinations used by traditional health practitioners against mental illnesses in Bamako, Mali, West Africa." Plants 13(3)454.
2022
Denou, A., A. Togola, K. T. Inngjerdingen, N. Moussavi, F. Rise, Y. F. Zou, D. G. Dafam, E. I. Nep, A. Ahmed, T. E. Alemika, D. Diallo, R. Sanogo and B. S. Paulsen (2022). "Isolation, characterisation and complement fixation activity of acidic polysaccharides from Argemone mexicana used as antimalarials in Mali." Pharm. Biol. (Abingdon, U. K.) 60(1): 1278-1285.
2020
Denou, A., A. Ahmed, D. G. Dafam, S. O. Ochala, S. Omale, K. T. Inngjerdingen, R. Sanogo, D. Diallo, B. S. Paulsen and J. C. Aguiyi (2020). "Safety evaluation of polysaccharides isolated from the water extract of Argemone mexicana L. (Papaveraceae) in Drosophila melanogaster." J. Appl. Pharm. Sci. 10(2): 44-48.
Mounkoro, P. P., A. Togola, J. de Jong, D. Diallo, B. S. Paulsen and C. van’ t Klooster (2020). "Ethnobotanical survey of plants used by traditional health practitioners for treatment of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Bandiagara, Mali, West Africa." Journal of Herbal Medicine 24.
2019
Denou, A., A. Togola, K. T. Inngjerdingen, B.-Z. Zhang, A. Ahmed, D. G. Dafam, J. C. Aguiyi, R. Sanogo, D. Diallo and B. S. Paulsen (2019). "Immunomodulatory activities of polysaccharides isolated from plants used as antimalarial in Mali." J. Pharmacogn. Phytother. 11(3): C0A8AD961623.
Goodman, C. D., A. T. Hoang, D. Diallo, K. E. Malterud, G. I. McFadden and H. Wangensteen (2019). "Anti-plasmodial Effects of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides." Planta Med. 85(13): 1073-1079.
2016
Austarheim, I., A. T. Pham, C. Nguyen, Y.-F. Zou, D. Diallo, K. E. Malterud and H. Wangensteen (2016). "Antiplasmodial, anti-complement and anti-inflammatory in vitro effects of Biophytum umbraculum Welw. traditionally used against cerebral malaria in Mali." J. Ethnopharmacol. 190: 159-164.
Nguyen, T. L., A. Rusten, M. S. Bugge, K. E. Malterud, D. Diallo, B. S. Paulsen and H. Wangensteen (2016). "Flavonoids, gallotannins and ellagitannins in Syzygium guineense and the traditional use among Malian healers." J. Ethnopharmacol. 192: 450-458.
2015
Nergard, C. S., T. P. T. Ho, D. Diallo, N. Ballo, B. S. Paulsen and H. Nordeng (2015). "Attitudes and use of medicinal plants during pregnancy among women at health care centers in three regions of Mali, West-Africa." J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 11: 73.
Wangensteen, H., D. Diallo and B. S. Paulsen (2015). "Medicinal plants from Mali: Chemistry and biology." J. Ethnopharmacol. 176: 429-437.
Zou, Y.-F., H. Barsett, G. T. T. Ho, K. T. Inngjerdingen, D. Diallo, T. E. Michaelsen and B. S. Paulsen (2015). "Immunomodulating pectins from root bark, stem bark, and leaves of the Malian medicinal tree Terminalia macroptera: structure activity relations." Carbohydr. Res. 403: 167-173.
2014
Austarheim, I., B. E. Christensen, H. T. N. Aas, C. Thole, D. Diallo and B. S. Paulsen (2014). "Chemical characterization and complement fixation of pectins from Cola cordifolia leaves." Carbohydr. Polym. 102: 472-480.
Inngjerdingen, K. T., C. Thole, D. Diallo, B. S. Paulsen and A. Hensel (2014). "Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori adhesion to human gastric adenocarcinoma epithelial cells by aqueous extracts and pectic polysaccharides from the roots of Cochlospermum tinctorium A. Rich. and Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp." Fitoterapia 95: 127-132.
Pham, A. T., K. E. Malterud, B. S. Paulsen, D. Diallo and H. Wangensteen (2014). "α-Glucosidase inhibition, 15-lipoxygenase inhibition, and brine shrimp toxicity of extracts and isolated compounds from Terminalia macroptera leaves." Pharm. Biol. (London, U. K.) 52(9): 1166-1169.
Vasincu, A., B. S. Paulsen, D. Diallo, V. Bild and A. Miron (2014). "Antioxidant activities and phenolic contents of extracts from Glinus oppositifolius aerial parts." Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 118(2): 564-570.
Vasincu, A., B. S. Paulsen, D. Diallo, I. Vasincu, A. C. Aprotosoaie, V. Bild, C. Charalambous, A. I. Constantinou, A. Miron and C. M. Gavrilescu (2014). "Vernonia kotschyana roots: therapeutic potential via antioxidant activity." Molecules 19(11): 19114.
Zou, Y.-F., G. T. T. Ho, K. E. Malterud, N. H. T. Le, K. T. Inngjerdingen, H. Barsett, D. Diallo, T. E. Michaelsen and B. S. Paulsen (2014). "Enzyme inhibition, antioxidant and immunomodulatory activities, and brine shrimp toxicity of extracts from the root bark, stem bark and leaves of Terminalia macroptera." J. Ethnopharmacol. 155(2): 1219-1226.
Zou, Y.-F., B.-Z. Zhang, H. Barsett, K. T. Inngjerdingen, D. Diallo, T. E. Michaelsen and B. S. Paulsen (2014). "Complement fixing polysaccharides from Terminalia macroptera root bark, stem bark and leaves." Molecules 19(6): 7440.
Zou, Y.-F., B.-Z. Zhang, K. T. Inngjerdingen, H. Barsett, D. Diallo, T. E. Michaelsen, E. El-zoubair and B. S. Paulsen (2014). "Polysaccharides with immunomodulating properties from the bark of Parkia biglobosa." Carbohydr. Polym. 101: 457-463.
Zou, Y.-F., B.-Z. Zhang, K. T. Inngjerdingen, H. Barsett, D. Diallo, T. E. Michaelsen and B. S. Paulsen (2014). "Complement activity of polysaccharides from three different plant parts of Terminalia macroptera extracted as healers do." J. Ethnopharmacol. 155(1): 672-678.
2013
Pham, A. T.; Nguyen, C.; Malterud, K. E.; Diallo, D.; Wangensteen, H. Bioactive flavone-C-glycosides of the African medicinal plant Biophytum umbraculum. Molecules 2013, 18, 10312-10319.
Nordeng, H.; Al-Zayadi, W.; Diallo, D.; Ballo, N.; Paulsen, B. S. Traditional medicine practitioners' knowledge and views on treatment of pregnant women in three regions of Mali. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2013, 9, 67.
AUSTARHEIM, I., INNGJERDINGEN, K. T., PAULSEN, B. S., TOGOLA, A., DIAKITE, C. & DIALLO, D. 2013. Chromatographic immunoassays for Helicobacter pylori detection--are they reliable in Mali, West Africa? PAN African Medical Journal, 14:72. OPEN ACCESS
INNGJERDINGEN, K. T., LANGERUD, B. K., RASMUSSEN, H., OLSEN, T. K., AUSTARHEIM, I., GRONHAUG, T. E., AABERGE, I. S., DIALLO, D., PAULSEN, B. S. & MICHAELSEN, T. E. 2013. Pectic polysaccharides isolated from Malian medicinal plants protect against Streptococcus pneumoniae in a mouse pneumococcal infection model. Scand J Immunol, 77, 372-88.
TVETE INNGJERDINGEN, K., BALLO, N., ZHANG, B. Z., MALTERUD, K. E., MICHAELSEN, T. E., DIALLO, D. & SMESTAD PAULSEN, B. 2013. A comparison of bioactive aqueous extracts and polysaccharide fractions from roots of wild and cultivated Cochlospermum tinctorium A. Rich. Phytochemistry.
2012
AUSTARHEIM, I., MAHAMANE, H., SANOGO, R., TOGOLA, A., KHALEDABADI, M., VESTRHEIM, A. C., INNGJERDINGEN, K. T., MICHAELSEN, T. E., DIALLO, D. & PAULSEN, B. S. 2012. Anti-ulcer polysaccharides from Cola cordifolia bark and leaves. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 143, 221-7.
AUSTARHEIM, I., CHRISTENSEN, B. E., HEGNA, I. K., PETERSEN, B. O., DUUS, J. O., BYE, R., MICHAELSEN, T. E., DIALLO, D., INNGJERDINGEN, M. & PAULSEN, B. S. 2012. Chemical and biological characterization of pectin-like polysaccharides from the bark of the Malian medicinal tree Cola cordifolia. Carbohydrate Polymers, 89, 259-268.
AUSTARHEIM, I., NERGAARD, C. S., SANOGO, R., DIALLO, D. & PAULSEN, B. S. 2012. Inulin-rich fractions from Vernonia kotschyana roots have anti-ulcer activity. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 144, 82-85.
INNGJERDINGEN, K. T., MESKINI, S., AUSTARHEIM, I., BALLO, N., INNGJERDINGEN, M., MICHAELSEN, T. E., DIALLO, D. & PAULSEN, B. S. 2012. Chemical and biological characterization of polysaccharides from wild and cultivated roots of Vernonia kotschyana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 139, 350-8.
LE, N. H., MALTERUD, K. E., DIALLO, D., PAULSEN, B. S., NERGARD, C. S. & WANGENSTEEN, H. 2012. Bioactive polyphenols in Ximenia americana and the traditional use among Malian healers. J Ethnopharmacol, 139, 858-62.
WILLCOX, M., SANOGO, R., DIAKITE, C., GIANI, S., PAULSEN, B. S. & DIALLO, D. 2012. Improved Traditional Medicines in Mali. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18, 212-220.
2011
GLÆSERUD, S., GRONHAUG, T. E., MICHAELSEN, T. E., INNGJERDINGEN, M., BARSETT, H., DIALLO, D. & PAULSEN, B. S. 2011. Immunomodulating polysaccharides from leaves of the Malian medicinal tree Combretum glutinosum; structural differences between small and large leaves can substantiate the preference for small leaves by some healers. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 5, 2781–2790.
GRØNHAUG, T. E., KIYOHARA, H., SVEAASS, A., DIALLO, D., YAMADA, H. & PAULSEN, B. S. 2011. Beta-D-(1 -> 4)-galactan-containing side chains in RG-I regions of pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch contribute to expression of immunomodulating activity against intestinal Peyer's patch cells and macrophages. Phytochemistry, 72, 2139-2147.
PHAM, A. T., MALTERUD, K. E., PAULSEN, B. S., DIALLO, D. & WANGENSTEEN, H. 2011. DPPH radical scavenging and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity of Terminalia macroptera leaves. Nat Prod Commun, 6, 1125-8.
PHAM, A. T., DVERGSNES, C., TOGOLA, A., WANGENSTEEN, H., DIALLO, D., PAULSEN, B. S. & MALTERUD, K. E. 2011. Terminalia macroptera, its current medicinal use and future perspectives. J Ethnopharmacol, 137, 1486-91.
2010
GHILDYAL, P., GRØNHAUG TE, RUSTEN A, SKOGSRUD M, ROLSTAD B, DIALLO D, MICHAELSEN TE, INNGJERDINGEN M, PAULSEN BS. 2010. Chemical composition and immunological activities of polysaccharides isolated from the Malian medicinal plantSyzygium guineense. Journal of Pharmacology and Phytotherapy, 76-85.
GRONHAUG, T. E., GHILDYAL, P., BARSETT, H., MICHAELSEN, T. E., MORRIS, G., DIALLO, D., INNGJERDINGEN, M. & PAULSEN, B. S. 2010. Bioactive arabinogalactans from the leaves of Opilia celtidifolia Endl. ex Walp. (Opiliaceae). Glycobiology, 20, 1654-1664.
INNGJERDINGEN, K., NERGÅRD, C. S. INNGJERDINGEN, M., DIALLO, D., MICHAELSEN, T., Paulsen, B. S., Structure/activity relations of immunomodulating pectic polysaccharides from Malian medicinal plants. Abstracts of Papers, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25.
SUTOVSKA, M., FRANOVA, S., SADLONOVA, V., GRONHAUG, T. E., DIALLO, D., PAULSEN, B. S. & CAPEK, P. 2010. The relationship between dose-dependent antitussive and bronchodilatory effects of Opilia celtidifolia polysaccharide and nitric oxide in guinea pigs. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 47, 508-513.
2009
Togola, A., Hedding, B., Theis, A., Wangensteen, H., Rise, F., Paulsen, B.S., Diallo, D. & Malterud, K.E. (2009), 15-Lipoxygenase inhibitory effects of prenylated flavonoids from Erythrina senegalensis. Planta Med 75 (10), 1168-1170
Sutovská, M., Franová, S., Priseznaková, L., Nosálová, G., Togola, A., Diallo, D., Paulsen, B.S. & Capek, P. (2009), Antitussive activity of polysaccharides isolated from the Malian medicinal plants. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 44 (3), 236-239
2008
Gronhaug, T.E., Glaeserud, S., Skogsrud, M., Ballo, N., Bah, S., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2008), Ethnopharmacological survey of six medicinal plants from Mali, West-Afrca. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 4, 26
Inngjerdingen, M., Inngjerdingen, K.T., Patel, T., Allen, S., Chen, X., Rolstad, B., Morris, G.A., Harding, S.E., Michaelsen, T.E., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2008), Pectic polysaccharides from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, and their activation of macrophages and dendritic cells. Glycobiology 18(12), 1074-1084
Togola, A., Austarheim, I.M., Theis, A., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2008),Ethnopharmacological uses of Erythrina senegalensis; a comparison of three areas in Mali, and a link between traditional knowledge and modern biological science. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 4, 4:6
Togola, A., Inngjerdingen, M., Diallo, D., Barsett, H., Rolstad, B., Michaelsen, T.E. & Paulsen, B.S. (2008), Polysaccharides with complement fixing and macrophage stimulation activity from Opilia celtidifolia, isolation and partial characterisation. J. Ethnopharmacol. 115, 423-431
Togola, A., Naess, K., Diallo, D., Barsett, H., Michaelsen, T. & Paulsen, B. (2008), A polysaccharide with 40% mono-O-methylated monosaccharides from the bark of Cola cordifolia (Sterculiaceae), a medicinal tree from Mali (West Africa). Carbohydr. Polym. 73, 280-288
2007
Bah, S., Jäger, A.K., Adsersen, A., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2007), Antiplasmodial and GABA(A)-benzodiazepine receptor binding activities of five plants used in traditional medicine in Mali, West Africa. J.Ethnopharmacol. 110(3), 451-457
Inngjerdingen, K.T., Kiyohara, H., Matsumoto, T., Petersen, D., Michaelsen, T.E., Diallo, D., Inngjerdingen, M., Yamada, H. & Paulsen, B.S. (2007), An immunomodulating pectic polymer from Glinus oppositifolius. Phytochemistry 68(7), 1046-1058
Inngjerdingen, K.T., Patel, T.R., Chen, X., Kenne, L., Allen, S., Morris, G.A., Harding, S.E., Matsumoto, T., Diallo, D., Yamada, H., Michaelsen, T.E., Inngjerdingen, M. & Paulsen, B.S. (2007), Immunological and structural properties of a pectic polymer from Glinus oppositifolius. Glycobiology 17, 1299-1310
Maiga, A.I., Malterud, K.E., Mathisen, G.H., Paulsen, R.E., Thomas-Oates, J., Bergstrø m, E., Reubsaet, J.L., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2007),Cell protective antioxidants from the root bark of Lannea velutina A. Rich., a Malian medicinal plant. J. Med. Plants Res. 1(4), 66-79
2006
Bah, S., Diallo, D., Dembélé, S. & Paulsen, B.S. (2006), Ethnopharmacological survey of plants used for the treatment of schistosomiasis in Niono District, Mali. J. Ethnopharmacol. 105(3), 387-399
Bah, S., Paulsen, B.S., Diallo, D. & Johansen, H.T. (2006), Characterization of cysteine proteases in Malian medicinal plants. J. Ethnopharmacol. 107(2), 189-198
Inngjerdingen, K.T., Coulibaly, A., Diallo, D., Michaelsen, T.E. & Paulsen, B.S. (2006), A complement fixing polysaccharide from Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch, a medicinal plant from Mali, West Africa. Biomacromolecules 7(1), 48-53
Maiga, A., Malterud, K.E., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2006), Antioxidant and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities of the Malian medicinal plants Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F.White (Enenaceae), Lannea velutina A Rich. (Anacardiaceae) and Crosspteryx febrifuga (Afzel) Bent. (Rubiaceae). J. Ethnopharmacol. 104(1-2), 66-79
Nergaard, C.S., Kiyohara, H., Reynolds, J.C., Thomas-Oates, J.E., Matsumoto, T., Yamada, H., Patel, T., Petersen, D., Michaelsen, T.E., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2006), Structures and structure-activity relationships of three mitogenic and complement fixing pectic arabinogalactans from the malian antiulcer plants Cochlospermum tinctorium A. Rich and Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp. Biomacromolecules 7(1), 71-79
2005
Inngjerdingen, K.T., Debes, S.C., Inngjerdingen, M., Hokputsa, S., Harding, S.E., Rolstad, B., Michaelsen, T.E., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2005), Bioactive pectic polysaccharides from Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug. DC., a Malian medicinal plant, isolation and partial characterization. J. Ethnopharmacol. 101(1-3), 204-214
Maiga, A., Diallo, D., Bye, R. & Paulsen, B.S. (2005),Determination of some toxic and essential metal ions in medicinal and edible plants from Mali. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 53, 2316-1321
Maiga, A., Diallo, D., Fane, S., Sanogo, R., Paulsen, B.S. & Cisse, B. (2005), A survey of toxic plants on the market in the district of Bamako, Mali; Traditional knowledge compared with literature search of modern pharmacology and toxicology. J. Ethnopharmacol. 96(1-2), 183-193
Nergaard, C.S., Diallo, D., Inngjerdingen, K., Michaelsen, T.E., Matsumoto, T., Kiyohara, H., Yamada, H. & Paulsen, B.S. (2005), Medicinal use of Cochlospermum tinctorium in Mali Anti-ulcer-, radical scavenging- and immunomodulating activities of polymers in the aqueous extract of the roots. J. Ethnopharmacol. 96(1-2), 255-269
Nergaard, C.S., Kiyohara, H., Reynolds, J.C., Thomas-Oates, J.E., Matsumoto, T., Yamada, H., Michaelsen, T.E., Diallo, D. & Paulsen, B.S. (2005), Structure-immunomodulating activity relationships of a pectic arabinogalactan from Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp. Carbohydr. Res. 340(11), 1789-1801
Paulsen, B.S. & Barsett, H. (2005), Bioactive Pectic Polysaccharides. Adv. Polym. Sci. 186, 69-101
Togola, A., Diallo, D., Dembele, S., Barsett, H. & Paulsen, B.S. (2005), Ethnopharmacological survey of different uses of seven medicinal plants from Mali (West-Africa) in the regions Dioila, Kolokani and Siby. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 1(1), 7-15
2004
Inngjerdingen, K., Nergaard, C.S., Diallo, D., Mounkoro, P.P. & Paulsen, B.S. (2004), An ethnopharmacological survey of plants used for wound healing in Dogonland, Mali, West Africa. J. Ethnopharmacol. 92(2-3), 233-244
Nergaard, C.S., Diallo, D., Michaelsen, T.E., Malterud, K.E., Kiyohara, H., Matsumoto, T., Yamada, H. & Paulsen, B.S. (2004), Isolation, partial characterisation and immunomodulating activities of polysaccharides from Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp. J. Ethnopharmacol. 91(1), 141-152
2003
Diallo, D., Paulsen, B.S., Liljebäck, T.H.A. & Michaelsen, T.E. (2003), The malian medicinal plant Trichilia emetica; studies on polysaccharides with complement fixing ability. J. Ethnopharmacol. 84(2-3), 279-287
2002
Diallo, D., Sogn, C., Samake, F.B., Paulsen, B.S., Michaelsen, T.E. & Keita, A. (2002), Wound Healing Plants in Mali, the Bamako Region. An ethnobotanical survey and Complement Fixation of Water Extracts from Selected Plants. Pharm. Biol. 40, 117-128
Mathisen, E., Diallo, D., Andersen, O.M. & Malterud, K.E. (2002), Antioxidants from the bark of Burkea africana, an African medicinal plant. Phytother. Res. 16, 148-153
Paulsen, B.S. (2002),Biologically active polysaccharides as possible lead compounds. Phytochem. Rev. 1, 379-387
2001
Diallo, D., Marston, A., Terreaux, C., Toure, Y., Paulsen, B.S. & Hostettmann, K. (2001), Screening of malian medicinal plants for antifungal, larvicidal, molluscicidal, antioxidant and radical scavenging actvities. Phytother. Res. 15(5), 401-406
Diallo, D., Paulsen, B.S., Liljebäck, T.H. & Michaelsen, T.E. (2001), Polysaccharides from the roots of Entada africana Guill. et Perr., Mimosaceae, with complement fixing activity. J. Ethnopharmacol. 74(2), 159-171
Paulsen, B.S. (2001), Plant polysaccharides with immunostimulatory activities. Curr. Org. Chem. 5(9), 939-950
1999
Diallo, D., Hveem, B., Mahmoud, M.A., Berge, G., Paulsen, B.S. & Maiga, A. (1999) , An Ethnobotanical survey of herbal drugs of Gourma district, Mali. Pharmaceutical Biology 37(1) , 80-91