Socio–economic importance and utilization of Spondias mombin in Nigeria

Adedokun, MO; Oladoye, Abiodun Olusegun; Oluwalana, SA; Mendie, II

doi:10.1016/s1995-7645(10)60015-6

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“…Similarly, Spondias mombin L. can be used to treat diseases related to pregnancy and parturition. This corroborates the results of Adedokun et al [41], Gbolade and Adeyemi, [42] who respectively found that the plant can be used in the treatment of diseases related to pregnancy and parturition and digestive parasitic infection.…”

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National Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Sheep and Goats Diseasesin Benin (West Africa): Effect of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors

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Olounladé

Houéhanou

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Background: Small ruminant health problems still represent a major constraint in Benin. Thus, to treat goats and sheep diseases, breeders use medicinal plants. However, little scientific work has been done on the traditional knowledge of these plants.The specific objectives of the current study were (i) to document the traditional knowledge regarding the disease groups treated and the medicinalplants used in the health and zootechnical management of small ruminants in Benin and (ii) to assess the effect of sex, ethnicity, agroecological zone and herd sizeassociatedwith them. Methods: To achieve these objectives, an ethnoveterinary survey was conducted in different agroecological zones from September 2018 to February 2019. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 506 breeders and farmers and took into account the identity of the respondents, the plants used to treat the ailmentsfor improving the productivity of sheep and goats, the parts used and the method of preparation of the recipes. The data were analyzed through the calculation the Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC), Fidelity Level (FL), and Consensus Factor of the Informant (CFI). Descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses were applied to our data using the software R and Minitab. The symptoms recordedfrom the respondents were categorized into 10 disorder groups using the second version of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC). Results: Ten (10) categories of disorders were treated by the people surveyed. These are mainly disorders of the digestive system (D) (49.34%) and disorders related to pregnancy and parturition (W) (20.15%). A total of 101 species medicinal plantsbelonging to 42 families and 90 genera were recorded. The most represented families are Leguminosae (21.57%) and Euphorbiaceae (6.86%). The most cited speciesare Zanthoxylumzanthoxyloides (Lam.) Watermann, Khayasenegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss, Strigahermonthica (DeliIe) Benth. and Adansoniadigitata L. Sex, ethnicity, agroecological zone and herd size are the socioeconomic and environmental factors that influence the level of ethnoveterinary knowledge. Conclusions: Results showedthe high diversity of medicinal species used to treat small ruminant’sdiseasesin Benin. Chemical and biological analyzes are needed to test the effectiveness of the main inventoried plants. Keywords : Ethnoveterinary, sheep, goats, Benin.

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confidence: 91%

National Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Sheep and Goats Diseasesin Benin (West Africa): Effect of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors

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Olounladé

Houéhanou

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“…A Região Nordeste do Brasil e o norte de Minas Gerais são conhecidos pelas paisagens áridas de áreas castigadas pela falta de chuvas. Portanto, assim como o cajá-mirim (Spondias mombim) na Nigéria (ADEDOKUN et al, 2010), o umbuzeiro (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Câmara) apresenta elevada produção e procura nessas regiões, além de apresentar propriedades terapêuticas e se destacar entre as 48 espécies com maior importância relativa na caatinga (ALBUQUERQUE et al, 2007).…”

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Qualidade física, fisiológica e superação de dormência de sementes de umbuzeiro (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Câmara)

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RESUMO:Um dos fatores que afetam a propagação do umbuzeiro (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Câmara) é a dormência de suas sementes, que promove uma emergência lenta e desuniforme. Dessa forma, o objetivo do estudo foi avaliar os possíveis métodos para superação da dormência de sementes de umbuzeiro (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Câmara) e a qualidade física e fisiológica delas. Foram realizados os seguintes testes e determinações: teor de água, massa de 100 sementes, comprimento e largura de sementes, emergência das plântulas, índice de velocidade de emergência, matéria fresca e seca de plântulas. O delineamento utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado com 4 repetições de 50 sementes por tratamento. Os tratamentos consistiram em: testemunha (nenhum tratamento pré-germinativo); sementes com corte em bisel na parte distal, formando uma fenda; sementes coletadas de fezes de ruminantes, passadas pelo trato gastrointestinal; e sementes pré-embebidas em água destilada por 24 horas. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e as médias comparadas pelo teste Tukey a 5%. Os tratamentos pré-germinativos não propiciaram aumento na emergência das plântulas, pois a mesma iniciou-se aos 9 dias após a semeadura para todos os tratamentos estudados. As sementes que passaram pelo trato gastrointestinal de ruminantes e as pré-embebidas em água destilada por 24 horas tiveram redução de seu potencial germinativo. As sementes pré-embebidas em água destilada por 24 horas apresentarem-se mais pesadas e maiores, porém após a germinação produziram plântulas com menor peso de matéria fresca e seca em relação aos demais tratamentos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:

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“…Spondias mombin (S. mombin), an indigenously tropical African and South American [47] medicinal plant, has been ethnomedicinally used to treat viral infections [48][49][50] and in ammatory disorders [51][52][53][54][55]. Other reported uses include the treatment of malaria [56][57][58][59][60][61], fever, sore throat, coughs [57,62,63], respiratory tract infections [40], and tuberculosis treatment [64,65]. Available pharmacological evidence indicates that aqueous and alcoholic [52] leaf extracts of S. mombin have antiviral, anti-in ammatory, and antioxidant properties [44,52,[66][67][68][69][70][71][72].…”

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Exploiting the antiviral properties of selected phytochemicals from leaf extracts of Spondias mombin (Linn): A computational repurposing approach toward the discovery of potential SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors.

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Agoni

Karpoormath

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a pneumonia-like disease with a pattern of acute respiratory symptoms, remains a major public health concern that is causing tremendous human suffering. There is no approved drug for the direct treatment of the disease, although several vaccines have been approved for use. Exploring medicinal plants and their phytochemicals has emerged as possible therapeutic alternatives since they are affordable and present minimal toxicity effects. This study sought to investigate the potential of the phytochemical compounds isolated from ethanolic leaf extract of Spondias mombin as potential therapeutic agents against SARS-CoV-2. From a select list of bioactive compounds extracted from the leaf of Spondias mombin with known antiviral properties, we identified Geraniin and 2-O-Caffeoyl-(+)-allohydroxycitric acid as potential SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors targeting SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent polymerase, the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 viral S-protein and the 3C-like main protease (3CLpro). Analysis of the binding mechanism of these compounds is characterized by the formation of high-affinity intermolecular interactions with respective binding site residues of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent polymerase, 3CLpro, and RBD of viral S-protein, which subsequently contributed to favourable binding affinity. Using the Molecular Mechanics/Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MMPB-SA) approach, Geraniin exhibited a binding free energy (ΔGbind) of -25.87kcal/mol and − 21.74kcal/mol, respectively, whereas 2-O-Caffeoyl-(+)-allohydroxycitric acid exhibited a ΔGbind of -32kcal/mol towards 3CLpro. Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations revealed crucial structural changes induced by the identified inhibitors, which possibly interfered with enzyme functions. The molecular insights provided regarding the inhibitory potency of the two phytochemicals warrants further experimental evaluation towards discovering novel SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics.

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Socio–economic importance and utilization of Spondias mombin in Nigeria

Cited by 18 publications

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National Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Sheep and Goats Diseasesin Benin (West Africa): Effect of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors

National Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Sheep and Goats Diseasesin Benin (West Africa): Effect of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors

Qualidade física, fisiológica e superação de dormência de sementes de umbuzeiro (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Câmara)

Exploiting the antiviral properties of selected phytochemicals from leaf extracts of Spondias mombin (Linn): A computational repurposing approach toward the discovery of potential SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors.

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