Antidiabetic Activity of 40 Plants of the Senegalese Flora, an Important Therapeutic Diversity for Populations
Ousmane Faye
Laboratory of Chemistry, UMRED, Formation and Research Unit of health, University of Thiés, BP 967 Thiès, Sénégal.
Cheikh Sall *
Laboratory of Chemistry, UMRED, Formation and Research Unit of health, University of Thiés, BP 967 Thiès, Sénégal.
Omar Kane
Laboratory of Chemistry, UMRED, Formation and Research Unit of health, University of Thiés, BP 967 Thiès, Sénégal.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is group of a metabolic desorder caused by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. It is a major public health problem in all countries of the world. In Africa, it was predicted that the continent, will see the greatest increase, from 19 millions in 2019 to 47 million diabetics in 2045. In the absence of sufficient public health care coverage and the high cost of modern medicine, major part of the population of developing countries turns to traditional medicine. These medicine offer a new alternative for the management of diabetes from plant organs. Most of the used part of plants has not yet been scientifically approved by researchers. In this article, we have inventorised the medicinal plants of the Senegalese flora used in the management of diabetes and whose activity has been validated scientifically by researchers.
Keywords: Diabetes, medicinal plants, anti-diabetic plants Senegalese flora.