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Efficacies and side effects of medicinal plants used by patients with cancer in Morocco: A retrospective treatment-outcome study by Mohamed Aboufaras; Karima Selmaoui; Nadia Ouzennou is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Ethnopharmacological relevance: Medicinal plants have long been used as traditional medicines in morocco. patients with cancer frequently use medicinal plants, with a frequency ranging from 11% to 39%. no studies have evaluated these patients in the beni mellal-khenifra region. ## Aim of study: We investigated the beneficial and adverse effects of medicinal plants used by patients with cancer in this region. ## Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of the outcomes of traditional treatment with medicinal plants (retrospective treatment-outcome study: rto) in 194 patients with cancer at the regional oncology centre of béni mellal. ## Results: Beneficial effects were reported by 39% of patients. all users of the seeds of prunus armeniaca l. reported beneficial effects (100%), followed by curcuma longa l. (50%). we did not observe any significant difference in efficacies between the most commonly used plants (p > 0.05). patients with cancer who had a low socioeconomic level experienced greater benefits from herbal medicines (p < 0.05). the prevalence of adverse effects was 16%. juniperus oxycedrus l. was perceived as the most toxic plant (13 patients), as it induced significan
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- Author
- Mohamed Aboufaras; Karima Selmaoui; Nadia Ouzennou
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)
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