Medicinal plants with antidiabetic activity used in the traditional medicine in Bolivia

Lucie Peková

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

The present study aimed to document the traditional use of medicinal plants used to treat diabetes mellitus Type II in Bolivia. Based on 17 scientific sources devoted to ethnobotany, were identified 35 medicinal plant species distributed in 21 botanical families, of which 55 % (18 species) are native to Bolivia and 45 % (15 species) are introduced. The botanical families with the highest representation of species were Asteraceae (7 species, 19 %) and Fabaceae (6 species, 17 %). The most frequented growth forms were herbs (14 species, 34 %) and trees (12 species, 29 %). Leaves (13 reports, 30 %) were the most frequently used plant parts, followed by roots (6 reports, 14 %), and bark (4 reports, 9 %), mostly prepared as an infusion (16 reports, 40 %) and decoction (13 reports, 33 %). From the available scientific studies, 25 medicinal species were verified for their antidiabetic properties with positive results, for the remaining 10 species, no study was found to evaluate their antidiabetic effects. It is therefore necessary provide more biochemical and clinical analysis of medicinal plants to make better use of their potential.

Keywords

ethnobotany, herbal medicine, pharmacological evaluation, traditional medicine, diabetes

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 14. 4. 2022

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: prof. Ing. Eloy Fernández Cusimamani, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Fakulta tropického zemědělství

Bakalářský studijní program:
Tropické zemědělství