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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Suzanne was born in Paris, France, on 18 June 1928.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThcfAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&q=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=Profiles of African Scientists |date=1991 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences |isbn=978-9966-831-07-1 |language=en}}</ref> She received her [[Bachelor of Science]] in 1953, Doctor of Medicine in 1954, and Diploma and [[Master of Science]] in Industrial Hygiene and Medicine in 1955, all from the University of Paris.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThcfAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&q=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=Profiles of African Scientists |date=1991 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences |isbn=978-9966-831-07-1 |language=en}}</ref>
Suzanne was born in Paris, France, on 18 June 1928.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThcfAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia |title=Profiles of African Scientists |date=1991 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences |isbn=978-9966-831-07-1 |language=en}}</ref> She received her [[Bachelor of Science]] in 1953, Doctor of Medicine in 1954, and Diploma and [[Master of Science]] in Industrial Hygiene and Medicine in 1955, all from the University of Paris.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThcfAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia |title=Profiles of African Scientists |date=1991 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences |isbn=978-9966-831-07-1 |language=en}}</ref>


== Research and career ==
== Research and career ==
Suzanne was married to [[Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga]] and was his closest scientific collaborator.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rasoanaivo |first=Philippe |last2=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first2=Suzanne |last3=Ramanitrahasimbola |first3=David |last4=Rafatro |first4=Herintsoa |last5=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first5=Albert |date=1999-02-01 |title=Criblage d’extraits de plantes de Madagascar pour recherche d’activité antipaludique et d’effet potentialisateur de la chloroquine |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874198001147 |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |language=en |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=117–126 |doi=10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00114-7 |issn=0378-8741}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first=Suzanne |last2=Rasoanaivo |first2=Philippe |last3=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first3=Albert |last4=le Bras |first4=Jacques |last5=Ramiliarisoa |first5=Olivao |last6=Savel |first6=Jean |date=1991 |title=Antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity ofFicus pyrifolia andRhus (=Baronia)taratana leaf extracts |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ptr.2650050109 |journal=Phytotherapy Research |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=32–34 |doi=10.1002/ptr.2650050109 |issn=0951-418X}}</ref> Together they founded the [[Malagasy Institute of Applied Research]] (IMRA) in 1957.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=2020-05-14 |title=Madagascar pushes untested herbal coronavirus remedy on its neighbors |url=https://www.codastory.com/waronscience/madagascar-covid-organics/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Coda Story |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=[Tribune] Artemisia et plantes médicinales : le « Covid-Organics », symbole de la recherche malgache – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/937000/societe/tribune-artemisia-chloroquine-et-azithromycine-le-covid-organics-symbole-de-la-recherche-malgache/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> She was IMRA’s Chair and Professor of Medicine.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aewrAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&q=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=Profiles of African Scientific Institutions |date=1992 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences and Network of African Scientific Organizations |isbn=978-9966-831-11-8 |language=en}}</ref> IMRA focused on [[Herbal medicine|Phytotherapy]] to use local plants and traditional practices to cure diseases, i.e., traditional [[pharmacopoeia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Osseo-Asare |first=Abena Dove |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exs7AgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA251&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=Bitter Roots: The Search for Healing Plants in Africa |date=2014-01-13 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-08616-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goodman |first=Steven M. |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IphwEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA238&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS48evprb7AhVKXcAKHVA2B4w4ChDoAXoECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Albert%20Rakoto%20Ratsimamanga%22%20-wikipedia&f=false |title=The New Natural History of Madagascar |date=2022-11-15 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-22262-2 |language=en}}</ref> IMRA succeeded in using the [[Syzygium cumini]] tree as an anti-diabetic agent, <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VxdlRSMaO14C&pg=PA109&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI9ey1pLb7AhVLQMAKHZ_QDBwQuwV6BAgKEAc |title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office |language=en}}</ref> and creating alternative medicines against [[malaria]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rafatro |first=Herintsoa |last2=Ramanitrahasimbola |first2=David |last3=Rasoanaivo |first3=Philippe |last4=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first4=Suzanne |last5=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first5=Albert |last6=Frappier |first6=François |date=2000-05-01 |title=Reversal activity of the naturally occurring chemosensitizer malagashanine in Plasmodium malaria |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006295299004001 |journal=Biochemical Pharmacology |language=en |volume=59 |issue=9 |pages=1053–1061 |doi=10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00400-1 |issn=0006-2952}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rasoanaivo |first=P. |last2=Petitjean |first2=A. |last3=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first3=S. |last4=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first4=A. |date=1992-09-01 |title=Medicinal plants used to treat malaria in Madagascar |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378874192900708 |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |language=en |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=117–127 |doi=10.1016/0378-8741(92)90070-8 |issn=0378-8741}}</ref> [[leprosy]], [[asthma]], [[Calculus (medicine)|lithiasis]], [[blood pressure]], [[hepatitis]] and other common conditions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eddouks |first=Mohamed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iEyDgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA217&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=Phytotherapy in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension |date=2016-02-02 |publisher=Bentham Science Publishers |isbn=978-1-68108-161-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wambebe |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1S9KDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT91&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=African Indigenous Medical Knowledge and Human Health |date=2018-01-29 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-351-71049-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search |url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/albert-rakoto-ratsimamanga |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=patents.justia.com}}</ref> This has established IMRA as a research centre;<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Puri |first=Manveen |last2=Masum |first2=Hassan |last3=Heys |first3=Jennifer |last4=Singer |first4=Peter A |date=2010-12-13 |title=Harnessing biodiversity: the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA) |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001617/ |journal=BMC International Health and Human Rights |volume=10 |issue=Suppl 1 |pages=S9 |doi=10.1186/1472-698X-10-S1-S9 |issn=1472-698X |pmc=3001617 |pmid=21144080}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IMRA - TWAS |url=https://twas.org/sites/default/files/twas_packard_imra.pdf |website=TWAS}}</ref> however, IMRA’s reputation was all but ruined due to the [[Covid-Organics]] controversy.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2020-05-14 |title=Madagascar pushes untested herbal coronavirus remedy on its neighbors |url=https://www.codastory.com/waronscience/madagascar-covid-organics/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Coda Story |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga : un nom digne de confiance aujourd’hui associé au Covid organics - Détours Madagascar Voyages |url=https://www.voyagemadagascar.com/albert-rakoto-ratsimamanga-un-nom-digne-de-confiance-aujourdhui-associe-au-covid-organics |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.voyagemadagascar.com}}</ref>
Suzanne was married to [[Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga]] and was his closest scientific collaborator.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rasoanaivo |first1=Philippe |last2=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first2=Suzanne |last3=Ramanitrahasimbola |first3=David |last4=Rafatro |first4=Herintsoa |last5=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first5=Albert |date=1999-02-01 |title=Criblage d'extraits de plantes de Madagascar pour recherche d'activité antipaludique et d'effet potentialisateur de la chloroquine |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874198001147 |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |language=en |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=117–126 |doi=10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00114-7 |issn=0378-8741}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first1=Suzanne |last2=Rasoanaivo |first2=Philippe |last3=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first3=Albert |last4=le Bras |first4=Jacques |last5=Ramiliarisoa |first5=Olivao |last6=Savel |first6=Jean |date=1991 |title=Antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity ofFicus pyrifolia andRhus (=Baronia)taratana leaf extracts |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ptr.2650050109 |journal=Phytotherapy Research |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=32–34 |doi=10.1002/ptr.2650050109 |s2cid=82876817 |issn=0951-418X}}</ref> Together they founded the [[Malagasy Institute of Applied Research]] (IMRA) in 1957.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=2020-05-14 |title=Madagascar pushes untested herbal coronavirus remedy on its neighbors |url=https://www.codastory.com/waronscience/madagascar-covid-organics/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Coda Story |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=[Tribune] Artemisia et plantes médicinales : le « Covid-Organics », symbole de la recherche malgache – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/937000/societe/tribune-artemisia-chloroquine-et-azithromycine-le-covid-organics-symbole-de-la-recherche-malgache/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> She was IMRA’s Chair and Professor of Medicine.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aewrAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia |title=Profiles of African Scientific Institutions |date=1992 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences and Network of African Scientific Organizations |isbn=978-9966-831-11-8 |language=en}}</ref> IMRA focused on [[Herbal medicine|Phytotherapy]] to use local plants and traditional practices to cure diseases, i.e., traditional [[pharmacopoeia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Osseo-Asare |first=Abena Dove |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exs7AgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA251 |title=Bitter Roots: The Search for Healing Plants in Africa |date=2014-01-13 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-08616-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Goodman |first=Steven M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IphwEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA238 |title=The New Natural History of Madagascar |date=2022-11-15 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-22262-2 |language=en}}</ref> IMRA succeeded in using the [[Syzygium cumini]] tree as an anti-diabetic agent, <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxdlRSMaO14C&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA109 |title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office |language=en}}</ref> and creating alternative medicines against [[malaria]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rafatro |first1=Herintsoa |last2=Ramanitrahasimbola |first2=David |last3=Rasoanaivo |first3=Philippe |last4=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first4=Suzanne |last5=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first5=Albert |last6=Frappier |first6=François |date=2000-05-01 |title=Reversal activity of the naturally occurring chemosensitizer malagashanine in Plasmodium malaria |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006295299004001 |journal=Biochemical Pharmacology |language=en |volume=59 |issue=9 |pages=1053–1061 |doi=10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00400-1 |pmid=10704934 |issn=0006-2952}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rasoanaivo |first1=P. |last2=Petitjean |first2=A. |last3=Ratsimamanga-Urverg |first3=S. |last4=Rakoto-Ratsimamanga |first4=A. |date=1992-09-01 |title=Medicinal plants used to treat malaria in Madagascar |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741%2892%2990070-8 |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |language=en |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=117–127 |doi=10.1016/0378-8741(92)90070-8 |pmid=1434686 |issn=0378-8741}}</ref> [[leprosy]], [[asthma]], [[Calculus (medicine)|lithiasis]], [[blood pressure]], [[hepatitis]] and other common conditions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eddouks |first=Mohamed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iEyDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA217 |title=Phytotherapy in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension |date=2016-02-02 |publisher=Bentham Science Publishers |isbn=978-1-68108-161-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wambebe |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1S9KDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Albert+Rakoto+Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT91 |title=African Indigenous Medical Knowledge and Human Health |date=2018-01-29 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-351-71049-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search |url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/albert-rakoto-ratsimamanga |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=patents.justia.com}}</ref> This has established IMRA as a research centre;<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Puri |first1=Manveen |last2=Masum |first2=Hassan |last3=Heys |first3=Jennifer |last4=Singer |first4=Peter A |date=2010-12-13 |title=Harnessing biodiversity: the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA) |journal=BMC International Health and Human Rights |volume=10 |issue=Suppl 1 |pages=S9 |doi=10.1186/1472-698X-10-S1-S9 |issn=1472-698X |pmc=3001617 |pmid=21144080}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IMRA - TWAS |url=https://twas.org/sites/default/files/twas_packard_imra.pdf |website=TWAS}}</ref> however, IMRA’s reputation was all but ruined due to the [[Covid-Organics]] controversy.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2020-05-14 |title=Madagascar pushes untested herbal coronavirus remedy on its neighbors |url=https://www.codastory.com/waronscience/madagascar-covid-organics/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Coda Story |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga : un nom digne de confiance aujourd'hui associé au Covid organics - Détours Madagascar Voyages |url=https://www.voyagemadagascar.com/albert-rakoto-ratsimamanga-un-nom-digne-de-confiance-aujourdhui-associe-au-covid-organics |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.voyagemadagascar.com}}</ref>


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==
She was made a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]] on the 12 of July 1996,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ORDRE DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 12 juillet 1996 portant promotion et nomination |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000547085 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Legi France}}</ref> a Fellow of [[The World Academy of Sciences]] (1989),<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Urverg Ratsimamanga, Suzanne |url=https://twas.org/directory/urverg-ratsimamanga-suzanne |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=TWAS |language=en}}</ref> and the [[African Academy of Sciences]] (1987).<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Ratsimamanga Susan U. {{!}} The AAS |url=https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/ratsimamanga-susan-u |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.aasciences.africa}}</ref> She was the [[African Academy of Sciences]]' President of the Scientific Committee in 1992.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aewrAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&q=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia&hl=en |title=Profiles of African Scientific Institutions |date=1992 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences and Network of African Scientific Organizations |isbn=978-9966-831-11-8 |language=en}}</ref> She was awarded the National Order of Malagasy.<ref name=":1" />
She was made a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]] on the 12 of July 1996,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ORDRE DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 12 juillet 1996 portant promotion et nomination |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000547085 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Legi France}}</ref> a Fellow of [[The World Academy of Sciences]] (1989),<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Urverg Ratsimamanga, Suzanne |url=https://twas.org/directory/urverg-ratsimamanga-suzanne |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=TWAS |language=en}}</ref> and the [[African Academy of Sciences]] (1987).<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Ratsimamanga Susan U. {{!}} The AAS |url=https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/ratsimamanga-susan-u |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.aasciences.africa}}</ref> She was the [[African Academy of Sciences]]' President of the Scientific Committee in 1992.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aewrAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Suzanne+Urverg-Ratsimamanga%22+-wikipedia |title=Profiles of African Scientific Institutions |date=1992 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences and Network of African Scientific Organizations |isbn=978-9966-831-11-8 |language=en}}</ref> She was awarded the National Order of Malagasy.<ref name=":1" />


== Death ==
== Death ==

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Professor
Suzanne Urverg-Ratsimamanga
FAAS FTWAS
File:Suzanne Urveg and Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga.jpg
Suzanne Urverg and Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga[1]
Born18 June 1928
Paris, France
DiedMarch 16, 2016(2016-03-16) (aged 87)
Cimetière parisien de Bagneux, Paris, France
Citizenship France
 Madagascar
SpouseAlbert Rakoto Ratsimamanga
Scientific career
FieldsNutraceutical
Pharmacopoeia
Herbal medicine
InstitutionsMalagasy Institute of Applied Research

Suzanne Urverg-Ratsimamanga (18 June 1928 - 16 March 2016) was a French-Malagasy Ashkenazi Jews physician and biochemist.[2] She was married to Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga, and a with him the founded of the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research.

Early life and education

Suzanne was born in Paris, France, on 18 June 1928.[3] She received her Bachelor of Science in 1953, Doctor of Medicine in 1954, and Diploma and Master of Science in Industrial Hygiene and Medicine in 1955, all from the University of Paris.[4]

Research and career

Suzanne was married to Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga and was his closest scientific collaborator.[5][6] Together they founded the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA) in 1957.[7][8] She was IMRA’s Chair and Professor of Medicine.[9] IMRA focused on Phytotherapy to use local plants and traditional practices to cure diseases, i.e., traditional pharmacopoeia.[10][11] IMRA succeeded in using the Syzygium cumini tree as an anti-diabetic agent, [12] and creating alternative medicines against malaria,[13][14] leprosy, asthma, lithiasis, blood pressure, hepatitis and other common conditions.[15][16][17] This has established IMRA as a research centre;[18][19] however, IMRA’s reputation was all but ruined due to the Covid-Organics controversy.[20][21]

Awards and honours

She was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour on the 12 of July 1996,[22] a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (1989),[23] and the African Academy of Sciences (1987).[24] She was the African Academy of Sciences' President of the Scientific Committee in 1992.[25] She was awarded the National Order of Malagasy.[3]

Death

Suzanne died on 16 March 2016 and was buried at Cimetière Parisien de Bagneux.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga : Son héritage savamment remis en exergue". La Gazette de la Grande Ile (in French). 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  2. ^ "DE LA POUSSIÈRE À L'ÉTOILE - Itinéraire d'une scientifique Suzanne Ratsimamanga, Hai Viet Ho - livre, ebook, epub". www.editions-harmattan.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  3. ^ a b Profiles of African Scientists. African Academy of Sciences. 1991. ISBN 978-9966-831-07-1.
  4. ^ Profiles of African Scientists. African Academy of Sciences. 1991. ISBN 978-9966-831-07-1.
  5. ^ Rasoanaivo, Philippe; Ratsimamanga-Urverg, Suzanne; Ramanitrahasimbola, David; Rafatro, Herintsoa; Rakoto-Ratsimamanga, Albert (1999-02-01). "Criblage d'extraits de plantes de Madagascar pour recherche d'activité antipaludique et d'effet potentialisateur de la chloroquine". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 64 (2): 117–126. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00114-7. ISSN 0378-8741.
  6. ^ Ratsimamanga-Urverg, Suzanne; Rasoanaivo, Philippe; Rakoto-Ratsimamanga, Albert; le Bras, Jacques; Ramiliarisoa, Olivao; Savel, Jean (1991). "Antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity ofFicus pyrifolia andRhus (=Baronia)taratana leaf extracts". Phytotherapy Research. 5 (1): 32–34. doi:10.1002/ptr.2650050109. ISSN 0951-418X. S2CID 82876817.
  7. ^ "Madagascar pushes untested herbal coronavirus remedy on its neighbors". Coda Story. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
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