Utilisation des plantes médicinales pour prévenir et guérir les morsures de serpents : état des lieux et perspectives(synthèse bibliographique)
| Autor: | Ayékotchami Jacques Dossou, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, Vol 25, Iss 2, Pp 57-70 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1780-4507 1370-6233 |
| DOI: | 10.25518/1780-4507.18915 |
| Popis: | Use of medicinal plants to prevent and cure snakebites: current situation and perspectives. A review Introduction. Snakebites are a public, social and economic health problem in subtropical and tropical regions. To cope with this problem, the inhabitants of these regions often resort to medicinal plants recognized in traditional knowledge. This paper offers a synthesis of the state of traditional and scientific knowledge, on snakebite envenomation and anti-bite and anti-snake venom plants. It aims to build up a database of plant species used to prevent and cure snakebites and to highlight potential future avenues of research to enhance their pharmaceutical potential. Literature. This systematic review used the Agora database and Google Scholar as a search engine to identify, through well-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, all relevant studies on snakebites and plants used for their prevention or treatment. Conclusions. Almost all snakebite cases reported in the scientific literature have occurred in tropical and/or third world countries, where they cause a neglected disease receiving little attention from local authorities and public health organizations. Despite this lack of attention, the literature cites the widespread use of plants as a remedy: a total of 66 plant species, grouped into 31 families, have been used to prevent snakebites and 1,127 plant species, belonging to 176 families, have been used to treat snakebites worldwide. Although some of these plants have been scientifically shown to be effective in preventing or curing snakebite envenomation, in-depth pharmacological studies need to be carried out to validate their use, in order to improve the livelihood of mostly rural communities in developing countries. |
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