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Joint Event
Nutrition and Health
16
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International Conference on
26
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International Conference on
Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Journal of Insights in Nutrition and Metabolism | Volume 2
Antidiabetic medicinal plants and the potential treatment of diabetes and its complications in
developing countries: Case study of cameroon
Tsabang Nole
Independant consultant, Cameroon
D
iabetes is a serious, life-threatening, long-term, costly, and
globally resurgent disease. Long considered a disease of
the affluent countries, diabetes has become a global health
problem. The number of victims is growing in Cameroon.
Indeed, according to professor Mbanya J.C. epidemiological
studies using standardizedmethods have demonstrated that at
least 10% of the Cameroonian population has diabetes. About
90%ofpeoplewithdiabetesaretype2(non-insulindependent).
Faced with this disease, Cameroonians use medicinal herbs,
some of which have proven antihyperglycemic virtues. The
objective of this work is to identify antihyperglycemic potential,
suspected and confirmed medicinal plants, their efficacy both
in treatment of the disease and its complications, their lower
toxicity, their availability and the undesirable and secondary
effects if any. To achieve this objective an ethno medical and
ethno pharmacological survey was conducted in Cameroon
for about 33 years, nearby 1131 interviewers from 58 tribes,
in a random distribution in three main phytogeographic
areas. Diabetic patients recorded among the 1,131 people
who signed also the informed consent and allowed us to
evaluate the effectiveness of some antihyperglycemic plants
that they usually used in self-medication. The results include
231 recorded plants belonging to xxx families, for a total of
208 detailed described recipes. For example: boil 300 g of
stem bark of Morinda lucida benth in 3 liters of water for 15
mn. Drink 250 mn of the lukewarm decoction, 3 times daily
for a week. Four forms of improved traditional medicine
based on Laportea ovalifolia L. were prepared. Among plants
recorded Solanum melongena L. and Brassica oleracea L.
treated respectively hypertension and prevents nephropathy,
induced-diabetes fibrosis, and cardio vascular complications.
Momordica charantia L. is a plant based anti diabetic
medicine, used cost efficiently worldwide to manage type
1 and type 2 diabetes. Food antihyperglycemic plants, with
good therapeutic properties and low toxicity, helped diabetic
patients for a considerable amount time without substantial
side effect. Medicinal plants, in particular food plants may be
a feasible option for many developing countries that have a
high prevalence of diabetes and cannot afford conventional
treatment.
e:
tsabang2001@yahoo.fr