scholarly journals Enquête ethnobotanique sur les plantes utilisées traditionnellement au Niger dans la lutte contre les moustiques vecteurs des maladies parasitaires

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 570-579
Author(s):  
Issoufou Yolidje ◽  
Djibo Alfa Keita ◽  
Idrissa Moussa ◽  
Abdoulaye Toumane ◽  
Sahabi Bakasso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Azadirachta Indica ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Parasitic Diseases ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Main Mode ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Enquête Ethnobotanique ◽  
Traditional Practitioners ◽  
Activités Insecticides

Le paludisme apparaît comme la plus vieille et la plus meurtrière des maladies tropicales. A travers le monde, de nombreux peuples ont utilisé traditionnellement des plantes pour lutter contre cette maladie. Pour contribuer à la lutte préventive contre le paludisme, une enquête ethnobotanique a été menée à Niamey au près des 40 tradipraticiens afin inventorier les plantes spontanées présumées avoir des activités insecticides. Il ressort des résultats de cette enquête, une nette prédominance des hommes dans l’exercice de la médecine traditionnelle au Niger. En effet, sur les 40 tradipraticiens enquêtés, 36 sont des hommes contre seulement 4 femmes. L’enquête a permis de recenser 28 espèces végétales potentiellement insecticides. Ces plantes sont reparties dans plusieurs familles, celles les plus représentatives sont les Papilionaceae (21,4%), les Lamiaceae (7,1%), les Euphorbiaceae (7,1%), les Combretaceae (7,1%) et les Capparidaceae (7,1%). Les plantes fréquemment citées sont: Azadirachta indica (21%), Striga hermontheca (13,9%) et Hyptis spicigera (10,0%). Les parties des plantes les plus utilisées sont principalement les feuilles (53,3%) et les tiges feuillées (33,3%), avec comme mode principal d’utilisation la fumigation (82,0%). Ces résultats pourraient servir dans le domaine de la recherche des nouveaux biopesticides. L’investigation sera étendue à d’autres régions du pays afin de rassembler le maximum d’espèces végétales antipaludiques. Mots clés: Enquête ethnobotanique, tradipraticiens, plantes insecticides, moustiques, paludisme. English title: Ethnobotanical survey on plants traditionally used in Niger in the fight against mosquitoes vectors of parasitic diseases Malaria appears to be the oldest and deadliest tropical disease. Throughout the world, many people have traditionally used plants to fight this disease. To contribute to the preventive fight against malaria, an ethnobotanical survey has been carried out in Niamey with traditional practitioners to inventory spontaneous plants presumed to have insecticidal activities. The survey shows a predominance of men in the sector; thus, of the 40 traditional healers surveyed, we have 36 men and 4 women. The survey identified 28 potentially insecticidal plant species. These plants are distributed in several families, the most representative are Papilionaceae (21.4%), Lamiaceae (7.1%), Euphorbiaceae (7.1%), Combretaceae (7.1%) and Capparidaceae (7.1%). The most frequently mentioned plants are: Azadirachta indica (21%), Striga hermontheca (13.9%) and Hyptis spicigera (10.0%). The most commonly used plant parts are mainly leaves (53.3%) and leafy stems (33.3%), with fumigation as the main mode of use (82.0%). These results could be used in the field of research of new biopesticides. The investigation will be extended to other regions of the country to gather the maximum number of plant antimalarial species. Keywords: Ethnobotanical survey, traditional healers, medicinal plants, mosquitoes, malaria.

scholarly journals An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by traditional healers for the treatment of cancer in Hammanskraal and Winterveld, Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1746-53
Author(s):  
Idris O Raimi ◽  
Boikanyo G Kopaopa ◽  
Liziwe L Mugivhisa ◽  
Francis B Lewu ◽  
Stephen O Amoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Trifolium Pratense ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Indigenous Plants ◽  
Citation Frequency ◽  
Traditional Practitioners

Background: Knowledge of medicinal plants used by the traditional healers are mostly confined among the locals and the adherents, hence, proper enquiry and documentation can help the ever dynamic scientific world to find permanent cure to the menace of such deadly diseases such as cancer. This study aimed at (1) specifically recording medicinal plants traditionally used for the treatment of cancer in Hammanskraal and Winterveld, South Africa, and (2) documenting the different methods of preparation and administration of those medicinal plants as recorded during the study. Method: An open-ended semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 90 willing traditional healers in Hammanskraal and Winterveld area, Tshwane Municipality, South Africa to document plants used for cancer treatments. The study was conducted over a period of six months (July – December, 2018). Descriptive statistics was used to present the obtained data. Results: The study recorded twenty-eight plant species belonging to 18 families for the treatment of different types of cancer. Plant species in the Fabaceae family particularly Lessertia frutescens (L.) Goldblatt and J.C. Manning, Senna italica Mill and Trifolium pratense L. were the most prominently mentioned (highest citation frequency) by the traditional healers for lung, and skin cancer treatment. Based on the citation frequency, the most treated cancer by the traditional healers is in the order: skin cancer > lung cancer > breast cancer > prostate cancer > cervical cancer. The method of preparation included decoction(32.3%), infusion (29%), paste (16.1%) and maceration (22.6%). Conclusion: In addition to the documentation of indigenous knowledge related to the use of medicinal plants in the traditional management of cancer in South Africa, this study opens a vista for investigations into the phytochemical and pharmacological properties of the documented plants. Keywords: Cancer; Indigenous plants; Medicinal plants; South Africa; Traditional practitioners.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used against sickle cell anaemia in the eastern part of the Côte d’Ivoire

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 7839-7852
Author(s):  
Akakpo-Akue J ◽  
Kplé T.K.M ◽  
Coulibaly Kiyinlma ◽  
AHON Gnamien Marcel ◽  
Fofié Yvette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Stem Bark ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Côte D'ivoire

An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to record the various plant families, species, and plant parts used to manage sickle cell disease in the Indenié-Djouablin region eastern Côte d’Ivoire. Nine traditional healers aged 36 to 67 years old were selected in six different villages according to their reputation in knowledge of traditional medicine, their availability and their willingness to share information. A total of 26 species of plants belonging to 20 families were reported to have antisickling activity. Eleven (11) different medication recipes were composed from these 26 species of plants ((Afromonum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum., Xylopia aethiopica) mainly). The main plant parts used were stem bark (38%) followed by fruit (18%) and seeds (18%). The majority of the main plants recorded (84.61 %) were wild. From the recorded plants, 65.38 % were trees and 23.07 % shrubs. Most remedies (82%) were made up by decoction and were employed orally (54 %) or by enema (32 %). The potential anti-sickling activity of the plant species recorded during this study could be the effect of alkaloids, polyphenols, quinones and terpenoids compounds found during the phytochemical screening of the 26 plants species.

scholarly journals Short Communication: Inventory of traditional medicinal plants and their uses from Atinggola, North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 2294-2301
Author(s):  
NOVRI YOULA KANDOWANGKO ◽  
MUKHLISULFATIH LATIEF ◽  
RAMPI YUSUF
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Treatment Practices ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽  
The People

Kandowangko NY, Latief M, Yusuf R. 2018. Inventory of traditional medicinal plants and their uses from Atinggola, North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 2294-2301. Medicinal plants have been used by the people of Gorontalo as a hereditary tradition. But this knowledge has not spread to the wider community because the traditional wisdom about medicinal plants has not been documented, stored and managed properly by employing digital tools. The purpose of this study is to prepare an inventory of the traditional medicinal plants and the details of their uses in Atinggola, North Gorontalo district, Indonesia. Data has been collected by ethnobotanical survey method and analyzed using the descriptive qualitative method. The study has shown that 38 species of medicinal plants, belonging to 20 families, are used to cure many diseases by the traditional healers of Atinggola. Among them, 6 species are used to treat fever, 5 species to treat skin diseases, 2 species each to treat cancer, gastrointestinal diseases, liver diseases, and as body tonic to restore power; 1 species each to treat toothache, malaria, tonsillitis, allergies, eye irritation, wound infections and tuberculosis (TBC). Plant parts used in the treatment practices are leaf, fruit, flower, rhizome, root, stem, seed, shoots, midribs parts, etc. However, the most dominant part used is the leaf of the plants. Various methods such as boiling, squeezing, scraping, chewing, smashing, brewing, etc. are used to prepare the medicines. 29 species (76.31%) of medicinal plants are collected from cultivated sources such as backyards and gardens while 9 species (23.68%) are still sourced from forests.

scholarly journals Usages médicinales des plantes par la population riveraine du conservatoire botanique Michel Adanson de Mbour (Sénégal).

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 6690-6711
Author(s):  
Richard Demba DIOP ◽  
Mame Samba MBAYE ◽  
Ibou DIOP ◽  
César BASSENE ◽  
Oumar SARR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Plantes Médicinales ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Saint Louis ◽  
Enquête Ethnobotanique ◽  
Base De Données

Usages médicinales des plantes par la population riveraine du conservatoire botanique Michel Adanson de Mbour (Sénégal). Richard Demba DIOP1*, Mame Samba MBAYE1, Ibou DIOP1, César BASSENE3, Oumar SARR2, Abdoul Aziz CAMARA1, Mame Thierno Aby SY4 et Kandioura NOBA1. 1- Laboratoire de Botanique et de Biodiversité, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Sénégal. 2- Laboratoire d’Ecologie Végétale, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP, B.P. 5005 Dakar-Fann, Sénégal. 3- Section Productions Végétales et Agronomie, UFR des Sciences Agronomiques, de l’Aquaculture et des Technologies Alimentaires, Université Gaston BERGER, B.P. 234 Saint - Louis, Sénégal. 4- O.N.G. ENDA-MADESAHEL, B.P. 29881 Mbour, Sénégal. *Auteur correspondant/ Corresponding author : Richard Demba DIOP, Tel : +221774378034 Email : [email protected] Mots clés : Plantes médicinales, usages, enquête ethnobotanique, Mbour Keywords: Medicinal plants, uses, ethnobotanical survey, Mbour Publication date 30/06/2019, http://www.m.elewa.org/JAPS 1 RÉSUMÉ Ce travail a pour objectif d’identifier les plantes médicinales utilisées par la population locale dans une perspective d’introduction, de gestion durable dans le conservatoire et de valorisation auprès de la population. L’étude a été réalisée auprès de la population riveraine du conservatoire botanique Michel Adanson de Mbour à l’aide de fiches d’enquête ethnobotanique. Le traitement des résultats obtenus a été effectué avec les logiciels Sphinx Plus, XLSTAT 2015 et le tableur Excel. L’étude révèle que la pharmacopée traditionnelle de la population riveraine du conservatoire botanique utilise une flore riche de 55 espèces des plantes réparties en 50 genres et 29 familles botaniques. II y a un consensus moyen sur l’utilisation des espèces au sein des affections métaboliques (0,72), respiratoires (0,66), infectieuses (0,61) et des affections dermatologiques (0,5). Par contre, les affections infectieuses constituent le groupe pathologique le plus traités par ces espèces, avec un taux de 20,9 %, suivies des affections dermatologiques (19,6 %) et des affections métaboliques (16,5 %). Les espèces médicinales spontanées sont les plus utilisées pour soigner et/ou prévenir neuf (9) groupes pathologiques. La détermination des modes de préparation, des parties utilisées et des périodes de récolte de ces plantes révèle que les feuilles et les racines sont les organes les plus utilisés et elles sont le plus souvent décoctées ou infusées. Les feuilles sont les seuls organes subissant toutes les formes de préparation sauf la fumigation. Les affections respiratoires sont entièrement traitées à base de feuilles. Les plantes médicinales sont pour la plupart collectées pendant toute l’année. Cette étude constitue une source d’information qui contribue à une connaissance de la flore médicinale et à une sauvegarde du savoir-faire populaire local. Il peut également constituer une base de données pour la valorisation des plantes.

scholarly journals Identification and Ethno-botanical survey of medicinal plants in Vathalmalai hills, Eastern Ghats, Dharmapuri district, Tamilnadu, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 324
Author(s):  
Loganathan S ◽  
Selvam K
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Natural Drugs ◽  
Disease And Disorders ◽  
Ethnomedicinal Knowledge

Objective: Identification and ethnobotanical survey was made on the utilization of medicinal plant the tribal community of Vathalmalai Hills in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India. The objective of the study was to identify and documented the medicinal plants traditionally used by tribal people.Methods: The study was conducted from October 2016 to October 2017. The data were collected from local tribal community, they were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires, and their traditional ethnomedicinal knowledge was recorded. As, we had collecting the information through local tribal peoples, they we are know the plant local names as well as which plants and parts are mostly used in various disease and disorders problems.Results: A total of 82 plant species and belonging to 40 families were identified. They are most frequently used plant parts leaf and most of the medicine prepared in the form powder and paste. The important disease cure for cold, diarrhea, chicken pox, smallpox, cough, headache, and stomach ache.Conclusion: The ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants recommended by traditional healers for the treatment of various disease and disorders new areas of research on the antihypertensive effect of medicinal plants. In the case of safety and effectiveness, they can be refined and processed to produce natural drugs.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Study on Medicinal Plants for Dermatological Disorders at Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shejuti Rahman Brishty ◽  
Nurul Islam Setu ◽  
Md. Rafi Anwar ◽  
Raunak Jahan ◽  
M.M.K. Mia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Drug Preparation ◽  
Chittagong Hill Tracts ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Main Mode ◽  
Dermatological Disorders

Background: Dermatological disorders affect people in all age groups and prevail all around the globe. In this regard, medicinal plants play a significant role as they are usually the first line of treatment in dermatological disorders. Because traditional healers in Bangladesh know little about the use of plants to treat different skin diseases, we carried out an ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to explore the traditional uses for healing wounds and skin problems. Objectives: This study aimed to list the plants employed as remedies against various dermatological disorders in CHT. Methods: The survey was performed from January 2016 to December 2017 with fieldwork undertaken in CHT of Rangamati, Bandarban, and Khagrachari. Open-ended and semi-structured questionnaires were used for interviewing a total of 387 people comprising traditional healers, Ayurvedic/Unani drug manufacturers, and local inhabitants. A total of 56 plant species of 32 families were documented. The most frequently used plant parts were leaves. The majority of the species were shrub in nature, while paste represented their main mode of drug preparation. Most plants grew wild in forests, with some cultivated in homestead and gardens. Results: There was remarkable diversity in the doses of different plant preparations for various treatments. The presence of identified active compounds can rationalize the conventional use of many plants to treat dermatological disorders in Bangladesh. Conclusion: This documentation accounts for the preliminary information necessary to perform future phytochemical investigations and is vital for the conservation of these plants.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in Traditional Treatment of Diarrhoea in Humans and Cattle in Two Regions of Ivory Coast

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Karim Tuo ◽  
Gbouhoury Eric-Kévin Bolou ◽  
Assi Fiacre-Tanguy N’docho ◽  
Aurélie Chevillot ◽  
Mohamed Mammeri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Oral Route ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Traditional Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Practitioners

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in three regions of the country (two rural and one urban), using a questionnaire focussing on anti-diarrheal therapeutic habits. Methodology: Information about the plants has been recorded (local name, organs or part(s) of the plant used, therapeutic indications, harvesting methods, methods of administration, side   effects, etc.). Collection of the plants was done in collaboration with traditional                  practitioners and identification of the specimens was conducted at the National Floristic Center (Ivory coast). During the ethnobotanical survey, twelve traditional healers and nine breeders were interviewed which all declared to treat diarrhoea with plants. During this survey, twenty-seven species belonging to eighteen different families of plants were reported for anti-diarrhoeal use in humans or animals. They were all harvested on the field and a herbarium of each species was prepared in duplicate, one stored at the National Floristic Centre of the Felix Houphouët-Boigny University and the other at the Pasteur Institute of Ivory coast. Results: Decoction was the most common mode of preparation used by practionioners and the oral route remained also the main way of administration of plants by healers. These plants are also used in other countries for the same or other purpose. Conclusion: This study shows that traditional medicinal plants play an important role in the treatment of diarrhoea in Ivory coast. It provides basis for future studies to assess, biological and chemical potential of these plants.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Wisdom Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by the Traditional Phouthai Ethnic Group in NaKeu Village, Hinboun District, Khammouan Province, Lao PDR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khamphilavong Khambaya ◽  
Lili Zhang ◽  
Yongxiang Kang ◽  
Hua Li ◽  
Liru Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Plant Parts

Abstract Background: Plants have been a part of rural area’s people life since prehistoric time, plants is important in the traditional cultures in the worldwide where human used it from birth to end of life. IdigenThis study was carried out to explore and recorded the plants and part used of plants for treating numerous people illness and disease by the traditional healers of the Phouthai ethnic group in Nakeu village, Hinboun district, Khammouan province, middle part Lao PDR for medicinal plants purposes. The current study was conducted, first, to identify plant species used as a remedy for human illness, diseases and health improve, and secondly to determine plant parts used, the technique of preparation and religious belief on the preferred source of healthcare an around Hinboun district, Khammouane province, Lao PDR.Methods: Ethnobotanical data for this paper were gathering from 03 traditional healers, and 69 households, therefore including the household of both gender (husband or wife), and across different level of education, age group, as well as the level of experience and knowledge of medicinal plants use. Plant specimens were collected during field survey which had been collected from natural wild plant and home gardens, information on each medicinal plant was recorded by using the data capture form.Results: We found 79 medicinal plants species, 51 families, and can’t identifies 2 species. Among the tree 44 species, 55.70 %; shrub 20 species, 25.32 %; liana 12 species, 15.19 %; and gasses 3 species, 3.8 %, were used to treat 34 sicknesses. A designation of all recorded species including the plant family names, dialect names, part used, and process to preparation of treatment. The roots are the plant part most commonly used (36.70%), followed by the stem (25.31%), leaves (10.12%), liana (10.12%), whole plant (6.32%), fruits (6.32%), and bark (3.79%). The medicinal plants are prepared using dried plant parts while some other species are using in fresh form. Boiling, soaking with cold water or alcohol, crushing, and burning are main methods of preparation.Conclusion: In this study, 79 medicinal plant species were documented as use in the treatment of different common sickness including stomach problem (gastrointestinal, flatulence, diarrhea, detox), kidney infections, fever, dysmenorrheal postpartum tonic, nervous system, skin disease, health tonic, lever infections, heart disease, dressing wounds, and others.

Assessment ofOpuntia ficus-indicain vivo Following Ethnobotanical Survey: Confirmation of its Analgesic Activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (S1) ◽  
pp. S191-S196
Author(s):  
A. Mouhaddach ◽  
A. El-hadi ◽  
K. Taghzouti ◽  
M. Bendaou ◽  
R. Hassikou
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Analgesic Activity ◽  
Prickly Pear ◽  
Tail Flick ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Hot Plate ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽  
Plant Parts

Opuntia ficus-indica(the cactus or prickly pear) is a cactus belonging to the Opuntiae family. Several Opuntiae plant parts have been used in traditional Moroccan medicine. In this study, we investigated its most common use as an analgesic. An ethnobotanical study ofOpuntia ficus-indicawas first conducted in 10 areas in Morocco. Extracts fromOpuntia ficus-indicacladodes were obtained using a decoction method and its analgesic activity in mice was investigated by the hot plate and tail flick methods. Cladode extracts had significant (p<0.05) analgesic activity at intraperitoneal doses of 300, 500, and 1000 mg/kg body weight. Both methods revealed significantly increased latency at all three doses (p<0.05) compared to controls. These data suggest that the traditional use of this plant as an analgesic is valid; in fact, perhaps it may be a centrally-acting analgesic.

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