Ethnomedicinal application of native remedies used against diabetes and related complications in Mauritius

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 413-444

  Mootoosamy, Anushka ^a   Fawzi Mahomoodally, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Animal based remedies; Diabetes; Diabetes related complications; Herbal remedies; Mauritius; Native remedies

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; METFORMIN;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ADULT; ALISMA PLANTAGOAQUATICA; ALLOPATHY; ALOE VERA; ALOYSIA CITRIODORA; ANNONA MURICATA; ARTEMISIA VERLOTIORUM; ARTICLE; ARTOCARPUS HETEOPHYLLUS; ASPLENIUM NIDUS; ASTERACEAE; ATLANTIC SALMON; ATROPA BELLADONNA; AUBERGINE; AVOCADO; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BANANA; BARLEY; BEET; BIDENS PILOSA; BOTRYCHIUM PINNATUM; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BREADFRUIT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM; CARDOON; CARROT; CASSAVA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CELERY; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; CITRUS MAXIMA; COCONUT; COIX LACRYMA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CORIANDER; CRATAEGUS LAEVIGATA; CUCUMBER; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CURCUMA LONGA; DATE (FRUIT); DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIARRHEA; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ERYTHROXYLUM LAURIFOLIUM; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; FAINTNESS; FAUJASIOPSIS FLEXUOSA; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; FICUS BENJAMINA; GARLIC; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; GRAPE; GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM; GUAVA; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; LETTUCE; LIME (FRUIT); LINSEED; LUFFA ACUTANGULA; LYSIMACHIA CHRISTINIAE; MAGNIFERA INDICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALUS DOMESTICA; MAURITIUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MURRAYA KOENIGII; NATIVE REMEDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OAT; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OKRA; OLIVE TREE; ONION; OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS; ORTHOSIPHON ARISTATUS; PAPAYA; PARSLEY; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PIGEONPEA; PINEAPPLE; PIPER BETLE; PLANTAGO AFRA; PLANTAGO MAJOR; POMEGRANATE; POTATO; PRUNELLA VULGARIS; PSILOXYLON MAURITIANUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADISH; RAVENALA MADAGASCARIENSIS; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; ROSEMARY; RUBUS; RUBUS ALCEIFOLIUS; SACCHARUML OFFICINARUM; SARRACENIA ALATA; SENNA ALATA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SIGESBECKIA ORIENTALIS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; SPINACH; STEVIA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TAMARIND; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; TOMATO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VANGUERIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; WATERCRESS; WEAKNESS; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA; APIUM GRAVEOLENS; ASTERACEAE; KALANCHOE PINNATA; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; RUBUS ALCEIFOLIUS; SALMO SALAR; VANGUERIA EDULIS;

ADVANCED GLYCATION ENDPRODUCT; AGE; ANIMAL-BASED REMEDIES; ANIMAL-BASED REMEDY; AR; CAI; CII; CULTURAL AGREEMENT INDEX; CULTURAL IMPORTANCE INDEX; DIABETES; DIABETES RELATED COMPLICATIONS; DRCS; EI; ETHNOBOTANICITY INDEX; FIC; FIDELITY LEVEL; FL; HERBAL REMEDIES; HERBAL REMEDY; HR; IAR; INDEX OF AGREEMENT ON REMEDIES; INFORMANT CONSENSUS FACTOR; MAURITIUS; NATIVE REMEDIES; NATIVE REMEDY; NR; QUALITY USE AGREEMENT VALUE; QUALITY USE VALUE; QUAV; QUV; RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF CITATION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RFC; RI; TMP; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONER; USE VALUE; UV; WHO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84891496535     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.10.069     Document Type: Article

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