ArticleBioactive compounds in health and disease2019
Importance of food plants in the prevention and treatment of diabetes in Cameroon.
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backgroundDiabetes is a metabolic pathology that affects the human body's capacity to adequately produce and use insulin. Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes accounts for 5-10 % of diabetic patients. In Type 2 diabetes the insulin produced by the pancreatic islets is not properly used by cells due to insulin resistance. Gestational diabetes sometimes occurs in pregnant women and affects about 18 % of all pregnancies.Diabetes is one of the most important multifactorial metabolic chronic diseases with fatal complications. According to the International Diabetes Federation's estimations in 2015, 415 million people had diabetes and there will be an increase to 642 million people by 2040. Although many ethnopharmacological surveys have been carried out in several parts of the world, no ethnomedical and ethnopharmacological surveys have been done to identify plants used for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
objectiveThis study aimed to collect and document information on food plants' remedies consumed for the prevention and treatment of diabetes in Cameroon.
methodsEthnomedical and ethnopharmacological thorough preparations were conducted with 1131 interviewees from 58 tribes, following a random distribution. Diabetic patients recorded among this sample signed the informed consent and allowed us to evaluate the effectiveness of 10 identified food plants usually used for self-medication. They were divided into two groups: Group 1 comprised of 42 diabetic patients who regularly consume certain of these food plants, and Group 2 included 58 patients who were town-dwellers and did not regularly eat these identified food plants.
resultsIt was recorded that the onset of diabetes in patients were at about 70 years and 45 years for Group 1 and Group 2 respectively. Hence, a relationship was demonstrated between the onset of diabetes and the consumption of food plants. They contributed to the prevention and/or the delay in clinical manifestations.
conclusionFurther investigations and/or clinical trials involving a large number of both type 1 and type 2 diabetics are needed to describe the therapeutic action of many food plants against diabetes. However, this study provides scientific support for the use of herbal medicines in the management of diabetes.
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