Volume 32, Issue 4, May 2021, Pages 522–530
Ta Bi Irié Honoré1 and N’guessan Koffi2
1 UFR Ingénierie Agronomique, Forestière et Environnementale (IAFE), Université de Man, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Laboratoire de Botanique, U.F.R. Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
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In the search for plants that can fight against hypertension, we have initiated an ethnopharmacological survey on the markets of the city of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire. The markets of three districts in the city were visited for this purpose: Yopougon, Abobo and adjamé. In yopougon, we visited the Wassakara market. The central market and the Gouro market were respectively chosen for the communes of Abobo and Adjamé. This choice is justified by an impressive number of sellers of medicinal plants in these markets. The survey made it possible to interview 90 herbalists on the basis of a questionnaire sheet. These investigations revealed 21 species of plants used in traditional medicine, in the treatment of hypertension. The modes of administration of these herbal medicines are decocted to drink and pastes to purge. In comparison with the calculated citation frequencies, two plants are very frequent. They are: Nymphaea lotus (Fc = 9.01%) and Phyllantus amarus (Fc = 8.02%). These two plants are found in all the sellers of medicinal plants visited during our surveys. A phytochemical screening was performed to assess the scientific basis for the empirical use of these two most common plants. These tests revealed that these plants contain sterols, polyterpenes, polyphenols, flavonoids, saponosides and alkaloids with a strong presence of flavonoids and alkaloids in the species Nymphaea lotus. The hypotensive effect could be related to the strong presence of alkaloids and flavonoids. These two plants could be of interest scientific world in the fight against hypertension.
Author Keywords: Plants, ethnopharmacology, hypertension, phytomedicine, Côte d’Ivoire.
Ta Bi Irié Honoré1 and N’guessan Koffi2
1 UFR Ingénierie Agronomique, Forestière et Environnementale (IAFE), Université de Man, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Laboratoire de Botanique, U.F.R. Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 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
In the search for plants that can fight against hypertension, we have initiated an ethnopharmacological survey on the markets of the city of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire. The markets of three districts in the city were visited for this purpose: Yopougon, Abobo and adjamé. In yopougon, we visited the Wassakara market. The central market and the Gouro market were respectively chosen for the communes of Abobo and Adjamé. This choice is justified by an impressive number of sellers of medicinal plants in these markets. The survey made it possible to interview 90 herbalists on the basis of a questionnaire sheet. These investigations revealed 21 species of plants used in traditional medicine, in the treatment of hypertension. The modes of administration of these herbal medicines are decocted to drink and pastes to purge. In comparison with the calculated citation frequencies, two plants are very frequent. They are: Nymphaea lotus (Fc = 9.01%) and Phyllantus amarus (Fc = 8.02%). These two plants are found in all the sellers of medicinal plants visited during our surveys. A phytochemical screening was performed to assess the scientific basis for the empirical use of these two most common plants. These tests revealed that these plants contain sterols, polyterpenes, polyphenols, flavonoids, saponosides and alkaloids with a strong presence of flavonoids and alkaloids in the species Nymphaea lotus. The hypotensive effect could be related to the strong presence of alkaloids and flavonoids. These two plants could be of interest scientific world in the fight against hypertension.
Author Keywords: Plants, ethnopharmacology, hypertension, phytomedicine, Côte d’Ivoire.
Abstract: (french)
Dans la recherche des plantes pouvant lutter contre l’hypertension, nous avons engagé une enquête ethnopharmacologique sur les marchés de la ville d’Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire. Les marchés de trois communes de la ville ont été visités à cet effet: Yopougon, Abobo et adjamé. A yopougon, nous avons visité le marché de Wassakara. Le grand marché d’abobo et le marché Gouro ont été choisis respectivement pour les communes d’Abobo et Adjamé. Ce choix se justifie par un nombre impressionnant de vendeurs et vendeuses de plantes médicinales sur ces marchés. L’enquête a permis d’interroger 90 herboristes sur la base d’une fiche de questionnaires. Ces investigations ont révélé 21 espèces de plantes utilisées en médecine traditionnelle, dans le traitement de l’hypertension. Les modes d’administration de ces phytomédicaments sont le décocté à boire et des pâtes à purger. En rapport avec les fréquences de citation calculées, deux plantes sont bien fréquentes. Ce sont: Nymphaea lotus (Fc = 9,01%) et Phyllantus amarus (Fc = 8,02 %). Ces deux plantes se retrouvent chez tous les vendeurs de plantes médicinales visités pendant nos enquêtes. Un criblage phytochimique a été réalisé pour apprécier le fondement scientifique de l’utilisation empirique de ces deux plantes les plus rencontrées. Ces tests ont révélé que ces plantes contiennent des stérols, des polyterpènes, des polyphénols, des flavonoïdes, des saponosides et des alcaloïdes avec une forte présence de flavonoïdes et alcaloïdes chez l’espèce Nymphaea lotus. L’effet hypotenseur pourrait être lié à la forte présence des alcaloïdes et de flavonoïdes. Ces deux plantes devraient donc intéresser le monde scientifique dans la lutte contre l’hypertension.
Author Keywords: Plantes, ethnopharmacologique, hypertension, phytomédicament, Côte d’Ivoire.
How to Cite this Article
Ta Bi Irié Honoré and N’guessan Koffi, “Etude ethnopharmacologique des plantes hypotensives rencontrées sur les marchés d’Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 522–530, May 2021.
