Bioactive potentialities of Grewia flavescens root extract in the treatment of alcohol dependence: Preliminary phytochemical study
Elvino José de Sousa Ferrão,
Edilson Armando de Germano Janeque
Abstract:Although the use of plants for medicinal purposes is an ancient practice, there is a perception that in the field of chemical dependency, its role has been and is little studied. With regard to alcohol dependence, the third leading cause of hospitalization in psychiatric hospitals in Mozambique, an ethnobotanical work was carried out in 2018 in the Municipality of Massinga, province of Inhambane, with the aim of identifying with practitioners of traditional medicine, the plants they use in their treatment, hav… Show more
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