Traditional medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes in rural and urban areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh – an ethnobotanical survey

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Hans Hauner²  Shamim Hayder Talukder¹  Shusmita Khan¹  Martin Kistler²  Soeren Ocvirk² 

[1] Eminence, 3/6 Asad Avenue, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh;Else Kroener-Fresenius-Center for Nutritional Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, 81675 Munich and ZIEL – Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Technische Universität München, 85350, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

关键词: Bangladesh;    Evidence-based medicine;    Traditional medicinal plants;    Diabetes mellitus;    Ethnobotanical survey;   

Others  :  862327
DOI  :  10.1186/1746-4269-9-43

 received in 2012-08-03, accepted in 2013-06-07,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The usage of medicinal plants is traditionally rooted in Bangladesh and still an essential part of public healthcare. Recently, a dramatically increasing prevalence brought diabetes mellitus and its therapy to the focus of public health interests in Bangladesh. We conducted an ethnobotanical survey to identify the traditional medicinal plants being used to treat diabetes in Bangladesh and to critically assess their anti-diabetic potentials with focus on evidence-based criteria.

Methods

In an ethnobotanical survey in defined rural and urban areas 63 randomly chosen individuals (health professionals, diabetic patients), identified to use traditional medicinal plants to treat diabetes, were interviewed in a structured manner about their administration or use of plants for treating diabetes.

Results

In total 37 medicinal plants belonging to 25 families were reported as being used for the treatment of diabetes in Bangladesh. The most frequently mentioned plants were Coccinia indica, Azadirachta indica, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Syzygium cumini, Terminalia chebula, Ficus racemosa, Momordica charantia, Swietenia mahagoni.

Conclusion

Traditional medicinal plants are commonly used in Bangladesh to treat diabetes. The available data regarding the anti-diabetic activity of the detected plants is not sufficient to adequately evaluate or recommend their use. Clinical intervention studies are required to provide evidence for a safe and effective use of the identified plants in the treatment of diabetes.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Ocvirk et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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