Medicinal plants and phytomedicines are used to treat or prevent illnesses in Sudan: a review  

作　　者：Abdalbasit Mariod Ahmed Mohamedain Haroon Elrasheid Tahir 

机构地区：[1]College of Science and Arts,Alkamil Branch,University of Jeddah,Alkamil 21931,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [2]Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage Centre,Ghibaish College of Science and Technology,P.O.Box 110,Ghibaish,Sudan [3]Department of Biomedical Sciences,College of Medicine,King Faisal University,Al-Hofuf 31982,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [4]Department of Biochemistry,Faculty of Medicine,Khartoum University,P.O.Box 102,Khartoum 11111,Sudan. [5]School of Food and Biological Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013,China.

出　　处：《Traditional Medicine Research》2023年第1期20-25,共6页TMR传统医学研究

摘　　要：Traditional medicine is a reliable source for treating many diseases in Sudan.It is widely recognized in Sudan,as no Sudanese house is devoid of medicinal herbs.The Sudanese people and their historical stock of knowledge are distinguished by their knowledge and the many applications of herbs in treatment.This reference paper aims to collect all the available information about the use of medicinal plants in Sudan to treat disease or prevent it.Sudanese medicinal plants include a variety of plants and there are many medicinal applications for these plants in the world.According to the information reached by the paper,there are many therapeutic medical applications of these plants in the treatment of various bacterial infections,including digestive diseases,malaria,diabetes,rheumatic pain,respiratory diseases,jaundice,urinary tract infections,wounds,cancer and various microbial infections,according to the information reached by the paper.This reference is for a few groups of Sudanese medicinal plants such as tamarind,hibiscus,Acacia nilotica,Combretum hartmannianum,and Guiera senegalensis,etc.This review article also showed that these plants contain many biologically active substances as active ingredients,including flavonoids,saponins,alkaloids,stimulants,terpenes,tannins,fatty acids and essential oils.Even though Sudanese people use herbal medicine to treat a wide range of illnesses,more research is needed to show that these plants are safe and effective for people to use.For example,phytochemical analysis,biochemical activity tests and toxicology studies should be done to show that these plants are safe and effective for people to use.

关 键 词：medicinal plants PHYTOMEDICINES tamarind HIBISCUS Acacia nilotica Combretum hartmannianum Guiera senegalensis 

分 类 号：R28[医药卫生—中药学]