Ethnobotanical survey of Rinorea dentata (Violaceae) used in South-Western Nigerian ethnomedicine and detection of cyclotides.

ABSTRACT:

Ethnopharmacological relevance

People living in the tropical rain forest of South-Western Nigeria use Rinorea dentata (P. Beauv.) Kuntze (Violaceae) in ethno-veterinary medicine to facilitate parturition. There are no evidence-based pharmacological investigations for the uterotonic activity of this plant.

Aims of study

(i) Collection of data about the ethnopharmacological uses of R. dentata and evaluation of its uses and applications in health care; (ii) determining potential uterotonic effects in vitro, and (iii) chemical characterization of R. dentata, which is a member of the Violaceae family known to express circular cystine-knot peptides, called cyclotides.

Materials and methods

The ethnopharmacological use of R. dentata in settlement camps within the area J4 of

SUBMITTER: Attah AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5858781 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature