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Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo
INTRODUCTION: In the traditional sports like the fight, natural products from minerals, animals and plants are used to increase physical resistance and performance. For a better understanding of this practice, an ethnopharmacological survey was carried out in kabyè land, North of Togo, to identify c...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27200130 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.25.7719 |
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author | Kpatcha, Tchazou Agbonon, Amegnona Gbeassor, Messanvi |
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description | INTRODUCTION: In the traditional sports like the fight, natural products from minerals, animals and plants are used to increase physical resistance and performance. For a better understanding of this practice, an ethnopharmacological survey was carried out in kabyè land, North of Togo, to identify current plants used as foods plants during traditional wrestling. METHODS: Ethnopharmacological data were collected through semi-structured method and personal interviewsin the Kabyè locality during traditional wrestling. At least, twelve villages were surveyed in the study. RESULTS: Results indicated that 57 plants are widely used by local people as food plants generally during wrestling time. These plants are used traditionally for many others purposes. CONCLUSION: We concluded that these plants may serve as sources for pharmacological investigations in physical performance improvement. |
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spelling | pubmed-48565032016-05-19 Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo Kpatcha, Tchazou Agbonon, Amegnona Gbeassor, Messanvi Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: In the traditional sports like the fight, natural products from minerals, animals and plants are used to increase physical resistance and performance. For a better understanding of this practice, an ethnopharmacological survey was carried out in kabyè land, North of Togo, to identify current plants used as foods plants during traditional wrestling. METHODS: Ethnopharmacological data were collected through semi-structured method and personal interviewsin the Kabyè locality during traditional wrestling. At least, twelve villages were surveyed in the study. RESULTS: Results indicated that 57 plants are widely used by local people as food plants generally during wrestling time. These plants are used traditionally for many others purposes. CONCLUSION: We concluded that these plants may serve as sources for pharmacological investigations in physical performance improvement. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4856503/ /pubmed/27200130 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.25.7719 Text en © Amegnona Agbonon et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Kpatcha, Tchazou Agbonon, Amegnona Gbeassor, Messanvi Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo |
title | Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo |
title_full | Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo |
title_fullStr | Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo |
title_full_unstemmed | Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo |
title_short | Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo |
title_sort | food plants used during traditional wrestling in kabyè land of togo |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27200130 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.25.7719 |
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