Solenostemon monostachyus, Ipomoea involucrata and Carica papaya seed oil versus Glutathione, or Vernonia amygdalina: Methanolic extracts of novel plants for the management of sickle cell anemia disease.
Abstract
Background:
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease caused by an individual inheriting an allele for sickle cell
hemoglobin from both parents and is associated with unusually large numbers of immature blood cells, containing
many long, thin, crescent-shaped erythrocytes. It is a disease prevalent throughout many populations. The use of
medicinal plants and nutrition in...
Published at BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012, 12:262-273.
Published in 2012
Afolabi, I.S., Osikoya, I.O., Fajimi, O.D., Usoro, P.I., Ogunleye, D.O., Bisi-Adeniyi, T.D., Adeyemi, A.O. and Adekeye, B.T.