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Alternative Medicine and Traditional Medicine
International Conference on
Allied Journal of Medical Research | Volume 3
Ethnomedicinal plants for the management of cardiovascular disease used by the
local people of Bangladesh
Mohammad Zashim Uddin
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
C
ardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the major causes of
death globally. Maximum people die annually from
cardiovascular disease than from any other factors. The
treatment of CVD by using modern medicines is very
expensive. The present article mainly tried to evaluate and
screen out the potential ethnomedicinal plants used by the
local people of Bangladesh for the management of CVD.
Informationonthemedicinalusesofplantswascollectedusing
semi-structure interviews with key informants during the year
of 2017 and 2018. A total of 43 medicinal plant species was
recorded for the management of CVD. The most frequently
cited ethnomedicinal plant species for the management of
CVDare Terminalia arjuna (Arjun) Terminalia bellirica (Bastard
myrobalan), Terminalia chebula (Black myrobalan), Allium
sativum (Garlic), Tamarindus indica (Tamarind), Phyllanthus
emblica (Indian gooseberry), Spondias pinnata (WildMango),
Dillenia pentagyna (Elephant apple), Baccaurea ramiflora
(Rambai) and Alternanthera sessilis (Sessile joyweed).
Among the ailments categories high informant consensus
factor (Fic) was found in case of antioxidant, heartache,
high blood pressure and blood purifier. Comparing with
previous research articles Hylocereus undatus, Alternanthera
panicoide and Lactuca sativa were seem to be newly reported
medicinal plant for the management of CVD in Bangladesh.
From the list of most cited ethnomedicinal plants, six species
including Terminalia aurjuna, Allium sativum, Phyllanthus
emblica, Baccaurea ramiflora, Spondias pinnata, Dillenia
indica have been subjected to study in vitro thrombolytic
activity. Among the six plants, Terminalia aurjuna, Allium
sativum and Dillenia indica exhibited highest thrombolytic
activity of 10.36%, 9.8% and 8.09%, respectively. From our
findings it is observed that all the plants revealed remarkable
thrombolytic activity. Therefore, steps should be taken to
observe in vivo clot dissolving potential and to isolate active
component(s) of these extracts.
e
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zashim01@gmail.com