Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used against COVID-19.
Journal
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
ISSN: 1741-427X
Titre abrégé: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101215021
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
23
02
2022
revised:
23
07
2022
accepted:
17
08
2022
entrez:
26
9
2022
pubmed:
27
9
2022
medline:
27
9
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Moroccan population, like the entire population of the world, used medicinal plants to treat or cure symptoms of SARS-CoV-2. The present work was designed to identify the medicinal plants used by the Moroccan population in the prevention or treatment of COVID-19. To achieve this goal, a survey was conducted to collect data on plants along with the sociodemographic parameters of users. The outcome of this work showed that 1,263 people were interviewed with 63.5% male, aged between 18 and 82 years. Most plant users were between 20 and 40 years, which constituted 80.1% of the study population. The level of education of participants was 70.9% university and 27.6% secondary. The most useful plants were eucalyptus, cloves, lemon, and garlic. Notably, 61.9% of interviewed people used plants for preventing or treating COVID-19: 30.6% of them declared one-time use from the beginning of the pandemic, and 47.8% declared frequent daily use until recovery, while 17.4% declared single daily use. Five out of twenty-one plants used in the treatment are known for their potential toxicity, including
Identifiants
pubmed: 36159568
doi: 10.1155/2022/2085297
pmc: PMC9499746
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2085297Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Mohamed Chebaibi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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