Saudi medicinal plants for the treatment of scorpion sting envenomation
المؤلفون المشاركون
al-Asmari, Abd al-Rahman
Manthiri, Raja Muhammad Abbas
Abduh, Nasr al-Din
al-Duaiji, Fawzi Abd Allah
Khan, Hasib Ahmad
المصدر
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
العدد
المجلد 24، العدد 6 (30 سبتمبر/أيلول 2017)، ص ص. 1204-1211، 8ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2017-09-30
دولة النشر
السعودية
عدد الصفحات
8
التخصصات الرئيسية
العلوم الطبيعية والحياتية (متداخلة التخصصات)
الملخص EN
Scorpion sting envenoming poses major public health problems.
The treatment modalities include antivenoms, chemical antidotes and phytotherapy, with varying degrees of effectiveness and side effects.
In this investigation, we reviewed the use of Saudi medicinal plants for the treatment of scorpion sting patients.
The relevant literature was collected using the online search engines including Science Direct, Google and PubMed with the help of specific keywords.
We also used the printed and online resources at our institutional library to gather the relevant information on the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of scorpion sting patients.
A descriptive statistics was used for data compilation and presentation.
The results of this survey showed the use of at least 92 medicinal plants with beneficial effects for treating victims of stings of different scorpion species.
These commonly used herbs spanned to 37 families whilst different parts of these plants were employed therapeutically for alleviation of envenomation symptoms.
The application of leaves (41%) was preferred followed by roots (19%), whole plant (14%) and seeds (9%).
The use of latex (4%), stem (3%), flowers (3%) and bark (3%) was also reported.
In some cases, tannin (2%), rhizome (1%) and shoot (1%) were also used.
In conclusion, herbal medicines are effectively used for the treatment of patients with scorpion envenomation.
This type of medication is free from side effects as observed with chemical antidotes or antivenom therapy.
It is important to identify the active ingredients of herbal drugs for improving their therapeutic potential in traditional medicine.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
al-Asmari, Abd al-Rahman& Manthiri, Raja Muhammad Abbas& Abduh, Nasr al-Din& al-Duaiji, Fawzi Abd Allah& Khan, Hasib Ahmad. 2017. Saudi medicinal plants for the treatment of scorpion sting envenomation. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.1204-1211.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-776623
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Khan, Hasib Ahmad…[et al.]. Saudi medicinal plants for the treatment of scorpion sting envenomation. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 24, no. 6 (Sep. 2017), pp.1204-1211.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-776623
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
al-Asmari, Abd al-Rahman& Manthiri, Raja Muhammad Abbas& Abduh, Nasr al-Din& al-Duaiji, Fawzi Abd Allah& Khan, Hasib Ahmad. Saudi medicinal plants for the treatment of scorpion sting envenomation. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2017. Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.1204-1211.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-776623
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1209-1211
رقم السجل
BIM-776623
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
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