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A Quantitative Documentation of the Composition of Two Powdered Herbal Formulations (Antimalarial and Haematinic) Using Ethnomedicinal Information from Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Joint Authors
Ogunkunle, Adepoju Tunde Joseph
Oyelakin, Tosin Mathew
Enitan, Abosede Oluwaseyi
Oyewole, Funmilayo Elizabeth
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The safety of many African traditional herbal remedies is doubtful due to lack of standardization.
This study therefore attempted to standardize two polyherbal formulations from Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, with respect to the relative proportions (weight-for-weight) of their botanical constituents.
Information supplied by 41 local herbal practitioners was statistically screened for consistency and then used to quantify the composition of antimalarial (Maloff-HB) and haematinic (Haematol-B) powdered herbal formulations with nine and ten herbs, respectively.
Maloff-HB contained the stem bark of Enantia chlorantha Oliv.
(30.0), Alstonia boonei De Wild (20.0), Mangifera indica L.
(10.0), Okoubaka aubrevillei Phelleg & Nomand (8.0), Pterocarpus osun Craib (4.0), root bark of Calliandra haematocephala Hassk (10.0), Sarcocephalus latifolius (J.
E.
Smith) E.
A.
Bruce (8.0), Parquetina nigrescens (Afz.) Bullock (6.0), and the vines of Cassytha filiformis L.
(4.0), while Haematol-B was composed of the leaf sheath of Sorghum bicolor Moench (30.0), fruit calyx of Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
(20.0), stem bark of Theobroma cacao L.
(10.0), Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A.
Juss (5.5), Mangifera indica (5.5), root of Aristolochia ringens Vahl.
(7.0), root bark of Sarcocephalus latifolius (5.5), Uvaria chamae P.
Beauv.
(5.5), Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern & Timler (5.5), and seed of Garcinia kola Heckel (5.5).
In pursuance of their general acceptability, the two herbal formulations are recommended for their pharmaceutical, phytochemical, and microbial qualities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ogunkunle, Adepoju Tunde Joseph& Oyelakin, Tosin Mathew& Enitan, Abosede Oluwaseyi& Oyewole, Funmilayo Elizabeth. 2014. A Quantitative Documentation of the Composition of Two Powdered Herbal Formulations (Antimalarial and Haematinic) Using Ethnomedicinal Information from Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1019000
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ogunkunle, Adepoju Tunde Joseph…[et al.]. A Quantitative Documentation of the Composition of Two Powdered Herbal Formulations (Antimalarial and Haematinic) Using Ethnomedicinal Information from Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1019000
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ogunkunle, Adepoju Tunde Joseph& Oyelakin, Tosin Mathew& Enitan, Abosede Oluwaseyi& Oyewole, Funmilayo Elizabeth. A Quantitative Documentation of the Composition of Two Powdered Herbal Formulations (Antimalarial and Haematinic) Using Ethnomedicinal Information from Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1019000
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1019000