Medicinal Plants and Sickle Cell Anemia: The experience of Congo, DR
| Main Author: | Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua |
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| Format: | Article |
| Terbitan: |
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1478970 |
Daftar Isi:
- The search and development of antisickling herbal drugs constitute a priority agenda in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Sickle cell anemia (SCA), one of the major public health problems affecting Africa, is endemic. The aims of our research program were (1) to identify plants traditionally used in folk medicine for managing SCA in DRC, (2) to identify other/new sources of antisickling bioactive secondary metabolites mainly from great apes pharmacopeia, (3) to validate their bioactivity, (4) to identify and elucidate the structures of the bioactive compounds/secondary metabolites and (5) to formulate a polyherbal medicine for managing SCA.