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The role of forests as custodians of plants for alternative medicine cannot be overemphasized and... more The role of forests as custodians of plants for alternative medicine cannot be overemphasized and cleansing blood is one of the most important activities in the alternative medicine for achieving optimum wellness. This study examined the socio-economic potentials of blood cleansing plants in selected Local Government Areas of Oyo and Ogun States, Southwestern, Nigeria. A Multistage sampling technique of four stage design was adopted. Data were obtained through questionnaire administered to 150 respondents - herbalists, herb sellers and individuals who had knowledge of plants for medicinal purposes. Data were collected on respondents' socio-economic characteristics, plants used for blood cleansing and economic costs and returns of blood-cleansing herbs preparation. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and budgetary analysis. The results revealed mean age of respondents in both States as 56 years with well pronounced gender dichotomy of male (70%) and female (...
Medicinal plants contain physiologically active components which over the years have been exploit... more Medicinal plants contain physiologically active components which over the years have been exploited in the traditional medical practices for the treatment of various ailments which play an important role in healing. Medicinal plants used for blood-cleansing were documented through questionnaire administered to tradomedical practitioners. Eight blood-cleansing herbs were tested for the presence of phytochemical which enhances blood-cleansing purposes. The presence or absence of Tannin, Saponin, Flavonoid, Alkaloid, Anthraquinones and Cardiac glycosides were investigated in the herbal samples. The result showed that Alkaloid and anthraquinone were absent in all the samples, cardiac glycoside was present in five samples while all the samples tested positive to the presence of Tannin, Saponin and Flavonoid.
The role of forests as custodians of plants for alternative medicine cannot be overemphasized and... more The role of forests as custodians of plants for alternative medicine cannot be overemphasized and cleansing blood is one of the most important activities in the alternative medicine for achieving optimum wellness. This study examined the socio-economic potentials of blood cleansing plants in selected Local Government Areas of Oyo and Ogun States, Southwestern, Nigeria. A Multistage sampling technique of four stage design was adopted. Data were obtained through questionnaire administered to 150 respondents - herbalists, herb sellers and individuals who had knowledge of plants for medicinal purposes. Data were collected on respondents' socio-economic characteristics, plants used for blood cleansing and economic costs and returns of blood-cleansing herbs preparation. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and budgetary analysis. The results revealed mean age of respondents in both States as 56 years with well pronounced gender dichotomy of male (70%) and female (...
Medicinal plants contain physiologically active components which over the years have been exploit... more Medicinal plants contain physiologically active components which over the years have been exploited in the traditional medical practices for the treatment of various ailments which play an important role in healing. Medicinal plants used for blood-cleansing were documented through questionnaire administered to tradomedical practitioners. Eight blood-cleansing herbs were tested for the presence of phytochemical which enhances blood-cleansing purposes. The presence or absence of Tannin, Saponin, Flavonoid, Alkaloid, Anthraquinones and Cardiac glycosides were investigated in the herbal samples. The result showed that Alkaloid and anthraquinone were absent in all the samples, cardiac glycoside was present in five samples while all the samples tested positive to the presence of Tannin, Saponin and Flavonoid.