Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis

Njamen D

Publications

• Research Article
  Ethnomedical and Ethnopharmacological Study of Plants Used by Indigenous People of Cameroon for The Treatments of Diabetes and its Signs, Symptoms and Complications
  Author(s): Tsabang N, Fongnzossié E, Keumeze V, Jiofack R, Njamen D, Sonwa DJ and Nguelefack Benois TelesphoreTsabang N, Fongnzossié E, Keumeze V, Jiofack R, Njamen D, Sonwa DJ and Nguelefack Benois Telesphore
  
  Diabetes is one of the most important multifactorial, metabolic and chronic diseases, with fatal complications that remain a public health problem worldwide. The estimations by the international diabetes federation (IDF) showed in 2015 that, 415 million people had diabetes and with an expected rise to 646 million in 2040. Many ethnobotanical surveys were carried out in several parts of the world, but none has investigated the ethnomedical surveys to record plants used for both treatments of diabetes and its derived manifestations. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to collect and document information on herbal remedies traditionally used for the treatment of diabetes and its signs, symptoms and complications in Cameroon. Detailed botanical prospection and ethnopharmacological thorough preparation was conducted nearby 1131 interviewers from 58 tribes of Cameroon, in a ra.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9929.1000310

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