Survey and Phytochemical Analyses of Plants Use for the Treatment of Childhood Diseases in Ojo Lga, Lagos State.
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Date
2014
Authors
EBABHI, A.M.
ADEOGUN, O.O.
ADEKUNLE, A.A.
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International Journal of Herbal Medicine
Abstract
The local use and phytochemical analyses of plants used for the treatments of some children’s diseases
were conducted in Ojo local government in Lagos state, the area is predominantly of Awori stock. The
information was gathered via unstructured questionnaires; the information gathered was used to prepare
decoctions with liquid remains of processed grind maize (Omi Idun) for the treatment of diseases in
children. The decoctions were later screened and determined for phytochemical constituents. The survey
of the plants indicated forty four species of plants belonging to twenty eight families used for the
treatment of impetigo, convulsion, shortage of blood, typhoid fever and haemorrhoids in children. The
prepared decoctions showed the presence of phenol having the highest quantity among the constituents
for the treatment of impetigo, flavonoid in blood supplement, tannin in typhoid, cardiac glycosides in
measles and alkaloid in haemorrhoid. Roots, barks and leaves were the parts used for the preparation of
different decoctions based on this study. The information gathered from the survey depicts the largely
dependence of the indigent’s parents on medicinal plants to meet the need of the primary health care of
their children and the phytoconstituents quantified might be responsible for the activity of the decoctions
against the causal organisms of the diseases mentioned.
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Ethnobotany , Decoction , Childhood , Diseases