Gaston Tona

764 total citations
28 papers, 558 citations indexed

About

Gaston Tona is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaston Tona has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 558 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Pharmacology and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Gaston Tona's work include Malaria Research and Control (6 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (5 papers) and Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae (5 papers). Gaston Tona is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (6 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (5 papers) and Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae (5 papers). Gaston Tona collaborates with scholars based in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium and Switzerland. Gaston Tona's co-authors include Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, R.K. Cimanga, Luc Pieters, Sandra Apers, Arnold Vlietinck, Mariano Lusakibanza, Paul Cos, Louis Maes, J. Totté and Patrick B. Memvanga and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Malaria Journal and Seminars in Nephrology.

In The Last Decade

Gaston Tona

27 papers receiving 536 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gaston Tona Democratic Republic of the Congo 11 292 152 150 140 112 28 558
Gauthier Mesia Kahunu Democratic Republic of the Congo 11 249 0.9× 126 0.8× 168 1.1× 110 0.8× 100 0.9× 38 548
Oyindamola O. Abiodun Nigeria 13 283 1.0× 166 1.1× 182 1.2× 84 0.6× 123 1.1× 53 663
I.O. Ndiege Kenya 11 380 1.3× 134 0.9× 174 1.2× 117 0.8× 107 1.0× 12 580
Peter Mwitari Kenya 13 370 1.3× 162 1.1× 112 0.7× 89 0.6× 164 1.5× 49 657
Peter Kirira Kenya 12 357 1.2× 126 0.8× 168 1.1× 134 1.0× 131 1.2× 30 632
Olivia Jansen Belgium 17 289 1.0× 140 0.9× 141 0.9× 86 0.6× 240 2.1× 40 776
Valérie Mahiou France 12 335 1.1× 166 1.1× 109 0.7× 142 1.0× 169 1.5× 14 584
Bertrand Graz Switzerland 15 236 0.8× 152 1.0× 264 1.8× 67 0.5× 72 0.6× 31 717
Moses N. Ngemenya Cameroon 13 344 1.2× 120 0.8× 91 0.6× 110 0.8× 154 1.4× 36 608
R.K. Cimanga Belgium 13 488 1.7× 291 1.9× 138 0.9× 156 1.1× 162 1.4× 22 810

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaston Tona

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gaston Tona. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gaston Tona based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gaston Tona. Gaston Tona is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kahunu, Gauthier Mesia, et al.. (2022). Use of Medicinal Plants in Africa: A Case Study From the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Seminars in Nephrology. 42(5). 151319–151319. 2 indexed citations
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Burri, C., et al.. (2022). Determinants of Patients’ Adherence to Malaria Treatment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 7(7). 138–138. 5 indexed citations
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Longo‐Mbenza, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Costus afer Ker Gawl (Costaceae): A Review on Its Medicinal uses with Focus on Potential Anti-Inflammatory Effect. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International. 6–23. 2 indexed citations
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Kahunu, Gauthier Mesia, François Bompeka Lepira, Jean Robert Makulo, et al.. (2020). Knowledge and Skill Assessment of Congolese TraditionalHealers on Healthy and Diseased Kidney. 3(10). 9–18. 1 indexed citations
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Burri, C., Didier Nzolo, Célestin N. Nsibu, et al.. (2018). Drug use in the management of uncomplicated malaria in public health facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malaria Journal. 17(1). 189–189. 17 indexed citations
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Nseka, Nazaire Mangani, Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, et al.. (2016). Agression rénale aiguë après un traitement à base de Quassia africana baill : à propos d’une série de cas. Néphrologie & Thérapeutique. 12(5). 367–367. 1 indexed citations
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Memvanga, Patrick B., Gaston Tona, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, Mariano Lusakibanza, & R.K. Cimanga. (2015). Antimalarial activity of medicinal plants from the Democratic Republic of Congo: A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 169. 76–98. 60 indexed citations
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Nseka, Nazaire Mangani, et al.. (2014). Hypoglycémie sévère induite par la prise de morinda morindoïdes chez un adulte. Annales d Endocrinologie. 75(5-6). 380–380. 1 indexed citations
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Fruth, Barbara, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, Gaston Tona, et al.. (2012). In vitro antiprotozoal and cytotoxic activity of 33 ethonopharmacologically selected medicinal plants from Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 141(1). 301–308. 92 indexed citations
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Lusakibanza, Mariano, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, Gaston Tona, et al.. (2010). In vitro and in vivo antimalarial and cytotoxic activity of five plants used in congolese traditional medicine. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 129(3). 398–402. 54 indexed citations
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Mesia, K., R.K. Cimanga, Liene Dhooghe, et al.. (2010). Antimalarial activity and toxicity evaluation of a quantified Nauclea pobeguinii extract. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 131(1). 10–16. 53 indexed citations
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Cimanga, R.K., Gaston Tona, Sandra Apers, et al.. (2009). The spasmolytic activity of extracts and some isolated compounds from the leaves of Morinda morindoides (Baker) Milne-Redh. (Rubiaceae). Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 127(2). 215–220. 27 indexed citations
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Tona, Gaston, et al.. (2009). Phytochemical screening and **in vitro** antiamoebic activity of extracts from some antidiarrhoeal medicinal plants used in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 209–224. 4 indexed citations
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Cimanga, R.K., Gaston Tona, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, et al.. (2008). Antimalarial activity of some extracts and isolated constituents from **Morinda morindoides** leaves. Journal of Natural Remedies. 8(2). 191–202. 15 indexed citations
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Kahunu, Gauthier Mesia, Gaston Tona, R.K. Cimanga, et al.. (2007). Antiprotozoal and cytotoxic screening of 45 plant extracts from Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 115(3). 409–415. 79 indexed citations
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Tona, Gaston, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, R.K. Cimanga, et al.. (2007). In vitro antiprotozoal and cytotoxic activities of plant extracts from Democratic Republic of Congo.. 41–60. 8 indexed citations
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Cimanga, R.K., Gaston Tona, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, et al.. (2006). Bioassay-Guided Isolation of Antimalarial Triterpenoid Acids from the Leaves of Morinda lucida .. Pharmaceutical Biology. 44(9). 677–681. 52 indexed citations
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Kahunu, Gauthier Mesia, Gaston Tona, Mariano Lusakibanza, et al.. (2005). Antimalarial activities and toxicities of three plants used as traditional remedies for malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo:Croton mubango , Nauclea pobeguiniiandPyrenacantha staudtii. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 99(4). 345–357. 35 indexed citations

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