Phytotherapy Anti-Diabetic: Ethnobotanical Surveys among in the District of Mbour (Senegal)
Published: 2024-11-25
Page: 286-297
Issue: 2024 - Volume 7 [Issue 2]
Diatta K *
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Botanique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Sénégal.
Diatta W
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Botanique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Sénégal.
Mbaye AI
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Botanique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Sénégal.
Sarr A
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Botanique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Sénégal.
Dieng SIM
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Botanique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Sénégal.
Seck A
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Botanique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Sénégal.
et Fall AD
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Botanique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Sénégal.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: Despite the promises of a wide range of conventional medications, the prevalence of mellitus diabetes is steadily rising. Therefore, scientific researches on the antidiabetic effects of plants are required.
Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diversity of medicinal plants used to treat diabetes mellitus.
Methodology: Ethnobotanical surveys were carried out among 30 randomly selected traditional practitioners using semi-structured interviews in the Mbour district.
Results: A total of 14 plant species belonging to 10 families was established. The most commonly used plant parts were leaves (44.20%), followed by barks (31%), roots (20.90%) and seeds (3.90%). The most common preparation techniques are infusion (61.20%), decoction (31%) and maceration (7.80%). The plants most frequently named by traditional practitioners were the following: Neocarya macrophylla, Moringa oleifera, Terminalia avicennioides and Sclerocarya birrea. And the least named plants are : Garcinia kola, Anacardium occidentale, Vahlia dichotoma, Streptogyne gerontogaea, Combretum lecardii, Chrozophora senegalensis, Boscia senegalensis, Chrysobalanus icaco, Allium cepa and Jatropha curcas.
Conclusion: These results may be a database for the discovery of new molecules with antidiabetic potential and the development of improved traditional medicines (ITM).
Keywords: Ethnobotany, medicinal plants, diabetes mellitus, traditional practioners, Mbour, Senegal