_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: konemamidou.sn@univ-na.ci, witabouna@yahoo.fr; European Journal of Medicinal Plants 31(8): 76-85, 2020; Article no.EJMP.56055 ISSN: 2231-0894, NLM ID: 101583475 Hygienic Status of the Stem Bark of Sarcocephalus latifolius (Smith) E.A. Bruce (Rubiaceae) Stored and Sold at Medicinal Plant Market (Côte d'Ivoire) Rasmane Na Ahou Kaddy 1,2 , Coulibaly Kalpy Julien 3 , Kandé Brahima 1 , Kouamé Kouassi Bernadin 1,2 , Djedjagne Marhe Ursule Desirée 1 , Dosso Mireille 4 and Koné Mamidou Witabouna 1,2* 1 UFR Science of Nature, Nangui Abrogoua University, BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire. 2 Unit of Botany and Traditional Medicine, Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire. 3 Unit of Chemistry and Microbiology of the Environment, Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire. 4 Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire, BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors RNAK, CKJ and KKB carried out the microbiology study. Authors RNAK, KB and DMUD carried out the ethnobotanical survey. Authors RNAK and KB wrote the manuscript. Authors KMW and DM conceived and designed the experiments and supervised the work. All authors approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/EJMP/2020/v31i830260 Editor(s): (1) Dr. K. Narendran, Saveetha Engineering College, India. (2) Dr. Elena Maria Varoni, University of Milan, Italy. (3) Professor Marcello Iriti, University of Milan, Italy. Reviewers: (1) Iwona Rybakowska, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland. (2) Afolabi, Qasim Olaitan, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology Ibadan, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/56055 Received 15 February 2020 Accepted 24 April 2020 Published 15 May 2020 ABSTRACT Aims: The present study relates to the hygienic status of medicinal plants sold on markets of the district of Abidjan. This paper focused on Sarcocephalus latifolius used to treat various diseases such as Malaria. Place and Duration of Study: The ethnobotanical survey was conducted during November 2017, on the Siaka Koné market in Abobo. The microbiology study was carried out at “InstitutPasteur de Côte d’Ivoire”. Original Research Article