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

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dc.contributor.authorMtenga, Deodata V.
dc.contributor.authorRipanda, Asha S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-24T07:03:46Z
dc.date.available2023-05-24T07:03:46Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionFull text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09586en_US
dc.description.abstractSeveral 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMtenga, D. V., & Ripanda, A. S. (2022). A review on the potential of underutilized Blackjack (Biden Pilosa) naturally occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Heliyon, e09586.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09586
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3892
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectBidens pilosaen_US
dc.subjectBioactive compoundsen_US
dc.subjectHerbal medicationen_US
dc.subjectAlternative medicineen_US
dc.subjectDrug formulationsen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous vegetableen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectChemicals mitigate diseasesen_US
dc.subjectPlant drugsen_US
dc.titleA review on the potential of underutilized Blackjack (Biden Pilosa) naturally occurring in sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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