A review on the potential of underutilized Blackjack (Biden Pilosa) naturally occurring in sub-Saharan Africa

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2022
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Elsevier
Abstract
Several Indigenous edible vegetables in sub-Saharan countries have potential bioactive compounds, including underutilized Biden pilosa (BP). Bioactives from Indigenous edible vegetables are re-evolving as an alternative medicine potential for drug formulations. BP has also been used to mitigate over 40 different diseases in people and animals as herbal medication. Due to globalization and urbanization, people move from more active to more sedentary lifestyles, home-cooked meals to fast foods and snacks, organic foods to processed food with high sugar, salt, and fat. The consumption of native fruits and vegetables is now replaced by a highly processed calory diet, leading to metabolic syndromes such as diabetes, obesity, and other diet-related non-communicable diseases. Hence this article was designed to investigate the existing reports on the use, knowledge and the need to utilize the potentiality of BP further to overcome nutritional deficiencies, food scarcity and mitigation of medical conditions in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of plant-based drugs will aid to decrease the health capitation load as most countries do not have enough funds for purchasing synthetic chemicals used to mitigate diseases.
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Full text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09586
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Bidens pilosa, Bioactive compounds, Herbal medication, Alternative medicine, Drug formulations, Indigenous vegetable, Sub-Saharan Africa, Chemicals mitigate diseases, Plant drugs
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Mtenga, D. V., & Ripanda, A. S. (2022). A review on the potential of underutilized Blackjack (Biden Pilosa) naturally occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Heliyon, e09586.
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