[ Etude Ethnobotanique des plantes médicinales utilisées dans le département
du Haut-Nkam (Sud Cameroun) ]
Volume 21, Issue 4, November 2017, Pages 574–595
Emmanuel MPONDO MPONDO1, Siegfried Didier DIBONG2, and Mariella POUHA3
1 Département de Galénique, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 1364 Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Département de Biologie des Organismes Végétaux, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Douala, B.P. 24157 Douala, Cameroon
3 Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie des Organismes Végétaux, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Douala B.P. 24157 Douala, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
An ethnobotanical study was set up to characterize the medicinal florula used in the treatment of symptoms, affecting the populations of the villages of Bana, Banka and Tenchieu. The ethnobotanical surveys were carried out in French or local languages with 30 people for each village, using the survey forms. The study identified 104 species in 90 genera and 45 families. The most representative family was Asteraceae (19.83%). The plant species included twenty-four phytogeographic types, of which the Afro-tropical zone (34.44%) was the most represented. The morphological type that predominated was herbaceous (39.60%), followed by shrubs (34.75%). The dominant type of diaspora was that of the sarcochora (43.56%). The leaves were the most used parts. The oral route was the mode of administration par excellence of the said recipes. The decoction (48.47%) was the most used method of preparation. Factor of citations with values greater than 50% would evaluate the efficacy of certain medicinal plants for the treatment of identical symptoms in a village or other villages. Secondary metabolites were unevenly distributed in plants, with a predominance of alkaloids (36.53%), phenols (23.70%) and coumarins (21.15%). These plants constitute a database for evaluating their biological and chemical potentialities.
Author Keywords: Medicinal plants, ethnobotany, secondary metabolites, potentialities.
Volume 21, Issue 4, November 2017, Pages 574–595
Emmanuel MPONDO MPONDO1, Siegfried Didier DIBONG2, and Mariella POUHA3
1 Département de Galénique, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 1364 Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Département de Biologie des Organismes Végétaux, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Douala, B.P. 24157 Douala, Cameroon
3 Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie des Organismes Végétaux, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Douala B.P. 24157 Douala, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
An ethnobotanical study was set up to characterize the medicinal florula used in the treatment of symptoms, affecting the populations of the villages of Bana, Banka and Tenchieu. The ethnobotanical surveys were carried out in French or local languages with 30 people for each village, using the survey forms. The study identified 104 species in 90 genera and 45 families. The most representative family was Asteraceae (19.83%). The plant species included twenty-four phytogeographic types, of which the Afro-tropical zone (34.44%) was the most represented. The morphological type that predominated was herbaceous (39.60%), followed by shrubs (34.75%). The dominant type of diaspora was that of the sarcochora (43.56%). The leaves were the most used parts. The oral route was the mode of administration par excellence of the said recipes. The decoction (48.47%) was the most used method of preparation. Factor of citations with values greater than 50% would evaluate the efficacy of certain medicinal plants for the treatment of identical symptoms in a village or other villages. Secondary metabolites were unevenly distributed in plants, with a predominance of alkaloids (36.53%), phenols (23.70%) and coumarins (21.15%). These plants constitute a database for evaluating their biological and chemical potentialities.
Author Keywords: Medicinal plants, ethnobotany, secondary metabolites, potentialities.
Abstract: (french)
Une étude ethnobotanique a été mise sur pied dans le but de caractériser la florule médicinale utilisée dans le traitement des symptômes, affectant les populations des villages de Bana, Banka et Tenchieu. Les enquêtes ethnobotaniques ont été réalisées en langues française ou locale auprès de 30 personnes par village, au moyen des fiches d’enquêtes. L’étude a permis d’identifier 104 espèces réparties en 90 genres et 45 familles. La famille la plus représentative a été celle des Asteraceae (19,83%). Les espèces végétales ont compté vingt quatre types phytogéographiques dont la zone Afro tropicale (34,44 %) a été la plus représentée. Le type morphologique qui a prédominé a été les herbacées (39,60%), suivi des arbustes (34,75%). Le type de diaspores dominant a été celui des sarcochores (43,56%). Les feuilles ont été les parties les plus utilisées. La voie orale a été le mode d’administration par excellence des dites recettes. La décoction (48,47%) a été le mode de préparation le plus employé. Les facteurs de citations ayant des valeurs supérieures à 50% permettraient d’évaluer l’efficacité de certaines plantes médicinales pour le traitement des symptômes identiques dans un village ou d’autres villages. Les métabolites secondaires ont été inégalement répartis dans les plantes, avec une prédominance des alcaloïdes (36,53%), phénols (23,70%) et des coumarines (21,15%). Ces plantes médicinales constituent une base de données pour l’évaluation expérimentale de leurs potentialités biologiques et chimiques de.
Author Keywords: Plantes médicinales, ethnobotanique, métabolites secondaires, potentialités.
How to Cite this Article
Emmanuel MPONDO MPONDO, Siegfried Didier DIBONG, and Mariella POUHA, “Ethnobotany study of medicinal plants used in the department of Haut-Nkam (South Cameroon),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 574–595, November 2017.
