Using diverse resources of medicinal plants in diabetes treatment in Bay Nui areas, An Giang province

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the diversity of medicinal plant resources that could be used to treat diabetes in Bay Nui area, An Giang province, as a scientific basis for more effective medicinal plant resources using, management and preservation in An Giang province. The methods used include: community survey, specimen collection, species name identificating, and assessing the level of endangered medicinal plant species. Research results have identified 105 species belonging to 89 genera of 52 families in 2 phylum that can be used as medicine to treat diabetes. Among them, only one species belongs to the Polypodiophyta, the rest belong to the Magnoliophyta. The plant species used to treat diabetes were divided into ten life forms and distributed in six biotopes. Of six biotopes, the most species diversity was recorded in garden habitat (including home gardens, orchards and herbal gardens) accounting for 84.67% of total species. Ten parts of plant were use to treat for two types of diabetes. Medical plant for type 2 diabetes were the most abundant with 97 species, accounting for 92.38% of the total species. There are 2 species of medicinal plants that need to be protected in the study area: Dendrobium nobile Lindl. and Dendrobium crumenatum Sw. The list of 21 species of medicinal plants most commonly used by people in the treatment of diabetes has been identified.