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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2026

Chimpanzee-Guided Discovery of a Non-Native Bioactive Plant.

Sabrina Krief, Hugo Magaldi, Myriam Kourdourli, Marc Jeanson, Raymond Katumba, Harold Rugonge, John Justice Tibesigwa, Marc Litaudon, Florent Olivon

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Sabrina KriefEco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie UMR 7206 CNRS/MNHN/Université Paris 7, Hommes et Environnement, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Musée de l'Homme, 75016 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3814-7641
Hugo MagaldiEco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie UMR 7206 CNRS/MNHN/Université Paris 7, Hommes et Environnement, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Musée de l'Homme, 75016 Paris, France.ORCID 0009-0006-8313-3678
Myriam KourdourliDirection Générale Déléguée Aux Collections, Direction des Collections Naturalistes, Anthropologie Culturelle, Ethnobotanique (DGDC-DCN), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France.
Marc JeansonInstitut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205 CNRS/MNHN/UPMC EPHE, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France.
Raymond KatumbaSebitoli Chimpanzee Project, Great Ape Conservation Project (GACP), Sebitoli Research Station, Kibale National Park, Fort Portal, Uganda.
Harold RugongeSebitoli Chimpanzee Project, Great Ape Conservation Project (GACP), Sebitoli Research Station, Kibale National Park, Fort Portal, Uganda.
John Justice TibesigwaUganda Wildlife Authority, Plot 7 Kira Road, Kampala P.O. Box 3530, Uganda.
Marc LitaudonInstitut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91198 Gif-surYvette, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0877-8234
Florent OlivonInstitut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91198 Gif-surYvette, France.

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Fondation Prince Albert de Monaco no numberFonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial no numberOne Forest Vision no number
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on chimpanzees suggest that some plants are consumed for their biological properties. Low frequency of consumption, small ingested quantities, complex food processing for a low nutritional value, and local ecological knowledge from human populations can serve as useful indicators for detecting self-medicative behavior. Since 2008, wild chimpanzees have been monitored in Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda. This study focuses on a plant locally called "Angel's trumpet," selectively consumed by chimpanzees but previously botanically unidentified. Across 890 observation days, 25 consumption events were recorded involving 18 chimpanzees, each ingesting about 10 g of pith. The plant was botanically identified as

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animal self-medicationchimpanzeepharmacological properties of plantstropical forestswithanolides

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