Characterization and comparative analysis of traditional medical formulate used by the department of ancient aware Chocó, Colombia, for the treatment of diabetes
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https://doi.org/10.51641/bioetnia.v11i1.141Keywords:
Antidiabetic activity, Diabetes mellitus, Phenolics compounds, Traditional medical formulae, Traditional medicineAbstract
Diabetes is a very common chronic disease, and is a major cardiovascular risk factor, while one of the most expensive treatments. Hence the importance combat this disease have different therapeutic alternatives. In this perspective and understand the importance of traditional medicine, it conducted an exercise of identification, characterization of traditional medical formulas used for the treatment of diabetes in rural areas of three municipalities in the department of Chocó (Bagadó, Quibdó, Tadó). From interviews with different ancestral knowing and community members, it was possible to identify and characterize five (5) traditional medical formulas, whose comparative analysis allowed the identification of 18 medicinal plants used in its preparation (17 genera and 16 botanical families), it is the most representative with 3 species Myrtaceae family; 7 species are herbaceous habit 5 are shrubs, 3 are trees, lianas and 2 correspond to one epiphyte grass. Medicinal plants recorded in this study are mostly wild (67%), others are both wild and cultivated (23%). Demonstrating the fact that the ancestral knowing located in the study area have a predilection for the medicinal flora that grows wild and in its native majority, herbaceous, arboreal and shrubby habit, located mainly in also wild landscapes, as stubble, forests, banks of water bodies and roads. Preliminary tests phytochemical the five traditional medical formulas revealed the presence of phenolic compounds, tannins, leucoantocianidinas; coumarins, flavonoids and alkaloids leucoantocianidinas; secondary metabolites with known antidiabetic activity.How to Cite
Rentería Jiménez, C. A., Cruz Mosquera, Y. ., & Vega, V. Y. . (2014). Characterization and comparative analysis of traditional medical formulate used by the department of ancient aware Chocó, Colombia, for the treatment of diabetes. Journal BioEtnia, 11(1), 60–73. https://doi.org/10.51641/bioetnia.v11i1.141
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2014-12-04
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