Ethnobotany, pharmacology and phytochemistry of medicinal plants used for management of Diabetes mellitus in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Reuben Samson Dangana,
Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar,
Tijjani Salihu Shinkafi
et al.
Abstract:Ethnopharmacological relevance
For decades, patients in East Africa have used herbal medicine as an alternative and affordable therapeutic option for the treatment of diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM). As a result, the primary objective of this research was to thoroughly investigate the plants employed for treating DM in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo and gather pertinent ethnopharmacological and ethnomedicinal knowledge that could be applied in the developm… Show more
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