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| Title: | Locally used plants for malaria therapy amongst the Hausa, Yoruba and Ibo communities in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria |
| Authors: | AC, Ene
SE, Atawodi
DA, Ameh
HO, Kwanashie
PU, Agomo |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Medicinal plants
Malaria
Traditional medicine
Nigeria |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P29/00, A61P33/06 |
| Abstract: |
A mini survey
was conducted to ascertain the plants locally used in Northeastern Nigeria to
treat malaria amongst the three major ethnic groups. Three traditional healers
from each of the three Nigerian major ethnic groups (Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba)
resident in Maiduguri
were interviewed to ascertain the plants used traditionally in their locality
to treat malaria. The study showed that the plants commonly used include Azadirachta indica, Magnifera indica,
Psidium guajava, Carica papaya, Musa sapientum, Citrus limon and Cymbopogen citratus. Their selected
parts are prepared in various liquid mixtures and administered orally. The
herbalists claim that these traditional plants remedies are effective and
elicit little or no side effects. However, the traditional healers treat
malaria and a wide range of other health problems using medicinal plants of
unverified efficacy in various unstandardized dosage forms. Hence, there is
need for scientific evaluation and standardization of these formulations and
dosages, if found effective, to eliminate the possibility of short to long term
toxic effects.
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| Page(s): | 486-490 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.09(3) [July 2010]
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