ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR TRADITIONAL CANCER THERAPY IN M'SILA REGION (NORTHEAST OF ALGERIA).

Autor: LARIT, S., TOUINA, A., BENDIF, H., DAOUD, N., DERBAK, L., SMAILI, T.
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Zdroj: Journal of EcoAgriTourism; 2022, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p84-93, 10p
Abstrakt: Cancer treatment is a major global health challenge in both developed and underdeveloped countries. Hence, finding natural anticancer agents with minimal side effects has become of high priority concern. In response, several plants as a safe therapeutic modality have been used a thousand years ago and remained becoming increasingly popular. This paper aims to provide ethnobotanical surveys of the plants reported anticancer activity used by the local people in M'sila's (Northeast of Algeria- North Africa). The databases revealed that among the 40 plant species reported to be used in the management of cancer 08 of them were the most frequently encountered species, namely Ephedra alata subsp. alenda., Annona muricata L., Berberis vulgaris L., Artemisia herba-alba Asso., Nigella sativa L., Trigonella foenum-graecum L., Ziziphus lotus, Peganum harmala L. The leaves are the most used parts (45.5 %), by infusion or as powder respectively with 43.3 % and 37.5 %. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index