1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
2 Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
3 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Medical University Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
Received on 18 December 2020; revised on 29 December 2020; accepted on 02 January 2021
Since ancient times, plants with medicinal properties possessing no or little toxicological potentials have been relevant for the treatment of several diseases and healing purposes. Medicinal plants serve as important therapeutic agents and valuable resources for manufacturing numerous modern and traditional medicines. Many developing nations still rely on herbal remedies as their mainstay of health-care. This review study is aimed to report the trado-medicinal values of some ethnobotanical plants commonly used in traditional formulations as well as the scientific investigations of these plants for their acclaimed use in traditional practices. Essential phytochemicals and bioactive compounds of these plants are also reviewed.
Ethnobotanical plants; Traditional medicine; Phytochemicals; Antioxidants; Alternative medicine
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Olugbenga Kayode Popoola, Kayode Damilola Adekeye, Eunice Damilola Akinbinu, Lanre Tope Adekeye, Michael Bolaji Afolayan, Emmanuel Ayomide Bakare, Oluwatobi Emmanuel Akande. Ethnobotanical plants and their tradomedicinal values: A review. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2021, 05(01), 066-088. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjbphs.2021.5.1.0108