Antihypertensive Indigenous Lebanese Plants: Ethnopharmacology and a Clinical Trial.

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Abstract
Hypertension is highly prevalent among the Lebanese adult population and is indeed the major cause of mortality in Lebanon. Traditional use of antihypertensive medicinal plants has long been practiced. The aim of this study is to document this traditional knowledge and clinically test the antihypertensive capacity of three of the most commonly used wild plant species , and . Ethno-pharmacological data was collected by personal interviews with herbalists and traditional healers using a semi structured survey questionnaire and assessing relative frequency of citation (RFC). The clinical study was conducted by a randomized, blind, placebo-controlled trial in 29 subjects with mild hypertension distributed in four groups, three plant extract treatments and one placebo. Systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP) as well as mean arterial blood pressures (MAP) were monitored at weeks 4, 8, 12 and 16 during the treatment with 300 mL/day of plant extract. Results showed that , and exhibited the highest values of RCF (0.95) followed by (0.94), (0.92) and (0.90). The clinical trial revealed dose- and duration-dependent significant reductions in SBP, DBP and MAP of subjects treated with , or . Our findings indicate that extracts of these plants present an effective, safe and promising potential as a phyto-therapuetical approach for the treatment of mild hypertension. More research on the phytochemistry, pharmacological effects and the underlying mechanisms is necessary.
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Authors Samaha, Ali A;Fawaz, Mirna;Salami, Ali;Baydoun, Safaa;Eid, Ali H;
Journal Biomolecules
Year 2019
DOI
E292
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https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/9/7/292
Keywords
hypertension herbal medicine viola odorata urtica dioica mentha longifolia

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