Medicinal plants used for management of diabetes and hypertension in Ghana.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes and hypertension have been declared as a global health menace of the 21st Century. Thus, the search for potential therapeutic agents from medicinal plants for the management of diabetes and hypertension is important. This study was undertaken to investigate medicinal plants being used in the management of diabetes and hypertension by herbalists in Ghana. Data were obtained from 36 herbalists through questionnaire interviews and conversations. Botanical specimens were collected, processed and identified following standard ethnobotanical methods. Data were analyzed using Fidelity Level (FL) and Informant Consensus Factor (ICF). A total of 39 species of plants belonging to 31 families were reported being used for management of diabetes and hypertension. Eighteen of these plants are u

SUBMITTER: Asafo-Agyei T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10703729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature