Phytocosmetics from the African Herbal Pharmacopeia

Mahomoodally, Fawzi M.; Poorneeka, Ramjuttun

doi:10.15171/ijpni.2017.04

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“…For this, ten informants were selected to identify the best preferred medicinal plant species for treatment of a specific disease and preference ranking of seven medicinal plants was conducted for treating rabies. Each informant provided with mentioned medicinal plants reported to cure the illness with leaves of medicinal plant used being paper tagged then asked to assign the highest value (7) for the most preferred species against the illness and the lowest value (1) for the least preferred plant and in accordance of their order. e value given to each species was summed up and the rank for each species was determined based on the total score.…”

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“…Preference ranking of seven medicinal plants that were reported for treating rabies was conducted after selecting ten key informants. e informants were asked to compare the given medicinal plants based on their effectiveness and to give the highest number (7) for the medicinal plant which they thought was most effective and the lowest number (1) for the least effective plant in treating rabies. Result showed that Phytolacca dodecandra ranked first to treat rabies.…”

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“…Africa is blessed with enormous biodiversity resources and it is estimated to contain between 40 and 45,000 species of plants with a potential for development, out of which 5,000 species are used medicinally [ 6 ]. Rural Africa is especially bestowed with the most attainable and most reasonably priced phytocosmetics prescribed by traditional healers accessible to the local community and sometimes the only option left for skincare in such remote areas [ 7 ]. Many investigators indicate that traditional medicines might offer potential template molecules in the drug discovery process.…”

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Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Livestock Ailments in Hulet Eju Enese Woreda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Abebe¹,

Teferi²

2021

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Indigenous people of a given community have their own local specific knowledge on plant use, management, and conservation. The objective of this study was to document medicinal plants used to treat human and livestock ailments in Hulet Eju Enese Woreda. The data were collected using semistructured interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations with local people. A total of 100 informants over the age of 20 years were selected to collect information on medicinal plant use. Descriptive statistics (percentage and frequency), Jaccard’s similarity index, independent sample t-test and analysis of variance, informant consensus factor, fidelity level, preference ranking, and direct matrix ranking were computed. A total of 80 medicinal plant species belonging to 75 genera and 52 families were documented. In terms of species diversity, Solanaceae stood first with 5 species followed by Euphorbiaceae and Malvaceae with 4 species each. Out of eighty medicinal plants, 53 species were used to treat only human ailments, 8 species were used to treat only livestock ailments, and the remaining 19 species were used for treating both human and livestock ailments. From the total medicinal plant species, shrub constitutes the largest number with 42.5% species. The most frequently used plant parts were leaves, accounting for 28.9%. The major routes of administration were oral accounts, 81 (57%), followed by dermal, 45 (31.7%), nasal, 6 (4.2%), and others, 10 (7%). In the disease category with the highest informant consensus factor (0.83) value was sudden sickness. There was highest preference (49) for Phytolacca dodecandra to treat rabies. Cordia africana was shown to be the top multipurpose species. This study revealed that the study area was rich in medicinal plants. Agricultural expansion, charcoal making, and firewood collection were considered major threats to medicinal plants. Therefore, awareness creation to the youth and training to the healers play a pivotal role to prevent the loss of indigenous knowledge.

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Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Livestock Ailments in Hulet Eju Enese Woreda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Abebe¹,

Teferi²

2021

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…The late 20th and early 21st century have witnessed an explosion of activity in the cosmetic industry regarding the development of sustainable products based on natural ingredients [125][126][127][128][129][130][131]. This movement began with products based on naturally derived polysaccharides from cellulose, guar gum, starch, and many other ingredients.…”

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History of Natural Ingredients in Cosmetics

McMullen

Dell'Acqua²

2023

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There has been interest in the history of cosmetics for the last several decades. In part, this renewed curiosity is probably due to the revolutionizing natural movement in the cosmetic industry. In this article, we provide an overview of the historical aspects of the use of natural ingredients in cosmetics, which mostly come from botanical and mineral sources. We begin with an introduction to the art and science of cosmetics in the ancient world, which includes accounts of Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman cosmetics as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine. These dermatological and cosmetic practices, which were advanced for the time, paved the way for the current revolution of natural ingredients in cosmetic products. Without providing a comprehensive historical account, we surveyed selected cultures during different periods of time to provide some perspective of our current understanding of natural ingredients in cosmetics. Attention is also given to the rich contributions of body art by tribal societies to our knowledge base, especially in the areas of dyes and pigments. Finally, we offer some perspective of natural ingredient cosmetics in the Information Age.

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“…In an attempt to provide a key scientific databases which have been screened to probe trends of the rapidly increasing amount of scientific publications on phytocosmetics from the African herbal pharmacopeia, updated general review of a few plants which are among the most popular and promising phytocosmetics from the African pharmacopeia are presented. This will also help to create important impact of phytocosmetics of African origin with different aspects, such as phytochemical profile, botanical aspects, biological properties, traditional uses, taxonomy, and clinical studies as well as future trials regarding the usage of these plants [28]. Since developing African countries face health problems that they struggle to solve.…”

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Phytocosmetics and Phytopharmaceuticals from African Medicinal Plants

Warra¹

2022

Natural Drugs From Plants

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Africa contains some of the richest biodiversity in the world, blessed with bountiful plants of economic importance and plants of medicinal importance which when developed would reduce our expenditure on imported drugs to meet our health needs. Plants are source of phytochemicals that possess emollients, humectants and medicinal properties. A complex mixture derived from plant sources are also used as a medicine or drug (phytomedicine, or phytopharmaceuticals). The demand for phytocosmetics and phytopharmaceuticals is increasing. Due to growing global market demand for phytocosmetics such as skin care, toiletries, perfumes and other cosmetics, there are greater opportunities through participation of local community in processing the plant resources to extract the products at subsistence level for industrial needs especially now that Africa needs local source of raw materials for the development of local industries for contribution to continental and interbational development. However, little or no research was conducted on the cosmetic potential of such plant resources. Plant-based cosmetics have an important role in modern society, natural based cosmetics, fragrances, and personal care products have increasingly become the greener alternative to nonherbal preparations. In this chapter, African perspective of phytocosmetics and phytopharmaceuticals are covered. Aspects of phytochemistry, botanicals for cosmetic use and formulation, the importance of phytocosmetic in traditional medicine, efficacy, safety research and patent among other areas are discussed in details. Applications of nanobiomaterials in phytocosmetics and phytopharmaceuticals, functional herbal cosmetics, emerging technologies in phytocosmetics phytopharmaceuticals development, and pharmaceutical phytocosmetics were explicated. Entrepreneurial platform for phytocosmetics is captured using the selected African medicinal plants.

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Phytocosmetics from the African Herbal Pharmacopeia

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Livestock Ailments in Hulet Eju Enese Woreda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Livestock Ailments in Hulet Eju Enese Woreda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia

History of Natural Ingredients in Cosmetics

Phytocosmetics and Phytopharmaceuticals from African Medicinal Plants

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