Advanced Techniques in Biology & Medicine
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ISSN: 2379-1764
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2379-1764
+44 1223 790975
Arika WM
P.O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi
Kenya
Research Article
Mineral Elements Content of Selected Kenyan Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants
Author(s): Arika WM, Ogola PE, Nyamai DW, Mawia AM, Wambua FK, Kiboi NG, Wambani JR, Njagi SM, Rachuonyo HO, Emmah KO, Lagat RC, Muruthi CW, Abdirahman YA, Agyirifo DS, Ouko RO, Ngugi MP and Njagi ENMArika WM, Ogola PE, Nyamai DW, Mawia AM, Wambua FK, Kiboi NG, Wambani JR, Njagi SM, Rachuonyo HO, Emmah KO, Lagat RC, Muruthi CW, Abdirahman YA, Agyirifo DS, Ouko RO, Ngugi MP and Njagi ENM
The use of herbal medicine as an unconventional health treatment is gaining considerable recognition and popularity worldwide. Despite skepticism and a lack of medical evidence to support its therapeutic efficacy, use of herbal remedies has considerably increased. Belief in the superiority of herbs is based mainly on anecdotal evidence, paraherbalism, and pseudoscience. It is only recently that guidelines for their investigation have been developed and a few herbs have been clinically studied. Many diseases including diabetes mellitus has experimentally been shown to be managed by medicinal plant extracts. The hypoglycemic potential of such plants maybe attributable to the mineral elements present in them. This study was designed to determine the content of mineral elements in five Kenyan antidiabetic medicinal plants traditionally used to manage diabetes mellitus using Total Reflecti.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2379-1764.1000160