Prevalence, management and ethnobotanical investigation of hypertension in two Guinean urban districts

Diallo, Mamadou Saliou; Traoré, Mohamed Sahar; Baldé, Mamadou Diouldé; Camara, A.; Baldé, E.S.; Traoré, S.; Oularé, K.; Diallo, Thierno Amadou; Laurent, Sophie; Müller, Robert N.; Tuenter, Emmy; Pieters, Luc; Baldé, A.M.

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.07.028

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“…The number of adults with increased blood pressure from 594 million in 1975 to 1.13 billion in 2015, with the increase in low-and-middle income countries [1]. Many people in developing countries do not seek treatment for hypertension that could significantly reduce the risk of death or disability due to heart disease or stroke [2]. In these countries, social factors such as low level of education, lack of housing and unemployment with other risk factors have led to an increased prevalence of hypertension [3].…”

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“…14.16 Accepted: 2019-11-19 CC BY 4.0. Published by SciPress Ltd, Switzerland, 2019 Online: 2019-11-28 use of traditional medicine for the treatment of hypertension is a very common practice in African countries and several investigations have targeted the discovery of new hypotensive agents from plants [2]. The best use of medicinal plants is through ethnobotanical surveys which make it possible to draw up a list of plant species used in traditional medicine by the population [8].…”

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Ethnopharmacological Documentation of Medicinal Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Hypertension in Tarfaya Province, Morocco

Idm’hand

Msanda

Chérifi

2019

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The use of plants to treat chronic diseases is part of an ancient Moroccan tradition. This study will present the first relevant documentation on medicinal plants used in the treatment of hypertension in Tarfaya province. This study aimed to collect and document information on medicinal plants traditionally used by the local population of Tarfaya province for the treatment of hypertension. Ethnobotanical surveys were conducted using 150 questionnaires in the study area. Documented data were evaluated using the quantitative ethno-botanical indices of frequency citation (FC) and Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC). The results obtained allowed to inventory 52 species of medicinal plants belonging to 29 families traditionally used against hypertension. The species were rich in diverse chemical constituents. The most cited families are Lamiaceae (9 species), Apiaceae (5 species), Compositae (3 species), Leguminosae (3 species) and Myrtaceae (3 species). Ten plants are reported for the first time as used in the treatment of hypertension. The most cited plant species are Allium sativum (RFC = 0.28), Allium cepa (RFC = 0.2), Olea europaea (RFC = 0.18), Searsia tripartita (RFC = 0.16), Ammodaucus leucotrichus (RFC = 0.15) and Myrtus communis (RFC = 0.15). Leaves were the most used organs. The decoction was the dominant method of preparation. This study showed that the inhabitants of Tarfaya use a wide variety of plants for the treatment of hypertension. This work is a source of information that can serve as a basis for phytochemists and pharmacologists interested in research on plants with antihypertensive effect.

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Ethnopharmacological Documentation of Medicinal Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Hypertension in Tarfaya Province, Morocco

Idm’hand

Msanda

Chérifi

2019

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“…Hymenocardia acida root bark extract also exerted a significant in vivo effect in spontaneously hypertensive rats (Nsuadi et al, 2013). Isovitexin and isoorientin were isolated from the ethanolic extract of the leaves of this plant (Diallo et al, 2019). A phytomedicine (Guinex-HTA ® ) made from the ethanolic extract of leaves of Hymenocardia acida is at present marketed in Guinea.…”

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“…As for other chronic diseases, the management of hypertension in Guinea is confronted with many difficulties, including the high cost of anti-hypertensive drugs, the absence of lifestyle and dietary measures, and inadequate medical care infrastructure, especially in rural areas. Such situation justifies the large use of pharmacopeia and traditional medicine (Baldé et al, 2006;Diallo et al, 2019). This present study was carried out in order to have a global overview of plant species traditionally used for the management of arterial hypertension in Guinea.…”

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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used to manage hypertension in the Republic of Guinea

Traore¹,

Camara²,

Baldé³

et al. 2022

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Context: Like many other African countries, medicinal plants are widely used in Guinea to manage hypertension, which is a highly prevalent health problem. Aims: To identify the plants used in the traditional management of hypertension in Guinea. Methods: From May to November 2018, three hundred and forty-nine Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) respondents, including 244 traditional healers and 105 herbalists, were contacted. Through semi-structured interviews, ethnobotanical information on medicinal plants were collected. Voucher specimens were authenticated by the department of Botany of the IRDPMAG and deposited in the Herbarium of this Institute. Results: Among the traditional anti-hypertensive recipes, a total of 97 plant species from 85 genera belonging to 43 families have been identified. Combretum micranthum, Hymenocardia acida, Anacardium occidentale, Spondias mombin and Alchornea cordifolia were the most frequently cited. The traditional recipes included one plant species (23 recipes), a combination of two species (18 recipes) or more (47 recipes). Conclusions: A large number of medicinal plants are used for the management of arterial hypertension in Guinea. Further biological and phytochemical investigations are needed to validate the traditional uses of these plants.

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“…Medicinal plants occupy an important place in disease management in developing countries, such as the Republic of Guinea whose geographical and climatic characteristics provide a rich and varied flora [1] . Ethnobotanical surveys across Guinea have shown the wide use of plants to manage diseases, such as malaria, diabetes and hypertension [2][3][4] . Popular beliefs that plants are a natural means of treatment with few side effects and other socio-cultural reasons underlie their medicinal use [5,6] .…”

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Ethnobotanical survey of the adverse and toxic effects of medicinal plants used in Guinean traditional medicine

MS¹,

Camara²,

Diane³

et al. 2022

J Pharmacogn Phytochem

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This study aimed to identify undesirable and toxic effects of plants used in Guinean traditional medicine. Materials and Methods:We surveyed 131 traditional practitioners in 2 prefectures of Guinea about their knowledge and experience with adverse or toxic events associated with the medicinal or nonmedicinal use of plants, collecting samples of these plants for botanical analysis. Results: Ethnobotanically, 54 species from 33 botanical families were identified. The main species identified as having adverse or toxic effects were Erythrophleum suaveolens, Dichapetalum toxicarium, Mucuna pruriens, Datura metel, Anthostema senegalense, Gardenia erubescens, Detarium senegalense and Strophanthus hispidus. Conclusion:This work provides a basis for identifying and establishing a database on the toxicity of plants used for medicinal and non-medicinal purposes in Guinea.

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Prevalence, management and ethnobotanical investigation of hypertension in two Guinean urban districts

Abstract: The presence of these constituents in Hymenocardia acida leaves and Uapaca togoensis stem bark may at least in part support their traditional use against hypertension in Guinea.

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Ethnopharmacological Documentation of Medicinal Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Hypertension in Tarfaya Province, Morocco

Ethnopharmacological Documentation of Medicinal Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Hypertension in Tarfaya Province, Morocco

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used to manage hypertension in the Republic of Guinea

Ethnobotanical survey of the adverse and toxic effects of medicinal plants used in Guinean traditional medicine

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