在泰国北部的族群中,植物用于治疗高血压
Prattana Sumridpiem1, Henrik Balslev2, Pimonrat Tiensawat1,3,4
1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
|April 12, 2025
概括
使用泰国土著医学探索高血压治疗. 研究人员确定了237种植物物种,其中64种是高血压治疗的新物种,突出了药物发现有前途的物种.
科学领域:
- 民族植物学 民族植物学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球高血压 (HT) 发病率正在上升,这对公众健康构成了重大挑战.
- 现有的抗高血压药物存在局限性,需要探索像泰国土著医学 (TIM) 这样的替代疗法.
- 传统上使用的药用植物可能为抗高血压药物发现提供药理活性化合物.
研究的目的:
- 记录和分析泰国北部传统植物用于高血压治疗的用途.
- 为潜在的抗高血压药物开发确定有前途的植物物种.
- 将现场发现与有关高血压药用植物的现有文献进行比较.
主要方法:
- 民族医学实地调查与清迈省11个村庄的41个关键信息人进行了调查 (2022年12月 - 2023年11月).
- 关于传统的HT治疗的数据从41个参考数据 (1987-2023) 中收集,涵盖了泰国北部9个省份的12个族群.
- 引用的相对频率 (RFC) 用于识别重要的植物物种.
主要成果:
- 总共有237种植物物种被确定用于HT处理.
- 在现场工作期间记录了96种物种,其中30种与现有文献重叠.
- 在泰国北部的族群中,首次报告了64种植物用于HT治疗.
- 紫罗兰花 (Blumea balsamifera) (L.) DC. 是一种植物,它生长在树上. 是最常被引用的物种 (RFC=0.1979).
- 植物科是用于HT治疗的物种最多的 (23) 种.
- 24种物种在HT治疗方面表现出特别有前途的结果,并与之前的研究进行了比较.
结论:
- 泰国土著医学提供了丰富的潜在抗高血压药物的来源.
- 这项研究确定了许多植物物种,包括新的植物,用于进一步研究抗高血压药物的发现.
- 民族植物学研究对于在现代医学中发现和验证传统知识至关重要.
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