Calyx Juice of <i>Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn</i> (Malvaceae): A Possible Therapeutic Supplement to Antiretroviral Drugs

Franklin Nyenty Tabe; Nicolas Njintang Yanou; Armel Hervé Nwabo Kamdje; Aurélie-Solange Agume Ntso

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Calyx Juice of Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn (Malvaceae): A Possible Therapeutic Supplement to Antiretroviral Drugs

Franklin Nyenty Tabe, Nicolas Njintang Yanou, Armel Hervé Nwabo Kamdje, Aurélie-Solange Agume Ntso

Published in Journal of Diseases and Medicinal Plants (Volume 1, Issue 4)

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More than three decades after its outbreak, the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains a great mystery because there is neither an existing vaccine against its causative agent (the human immune deficiency virus) nor a cure against it. Worst of all is the popular attention that is tuned to the AIDS virus, ignoring oxidative stress which is the major cause of mortality in HIV/AIDS as in many other chronic diseases. Antiretroviral drugs introduced in 1996 have been shown to increase oxidative stress among other drug-related complications. With these backdrops, an antioxidant therapy is necessary to accompany antiretroviral treatment without which its beneficial effects are null. The present review aims to discuss the role of Calyx juice of Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn (Malvaceae) as a possible therapeutic supplement to antiretroviral drugs.

Published in	Journal of Diseases and Medicinal Plants (Volume 1, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.jdmp.20150104.12
Page(s)	59-67
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Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn

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Franklin Nyenty Tabe

Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon
Nicolas Njintang Yanou

Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon
Armel Hervé Nwabo Kamdje

Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon
Aurélie-Solange Agume Ntso

Department of Food Engineering and Quality Control, University Institute of Technology, Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon

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Franklin Nyenty Tabe; Nicolas Njintang Yanou; Armel Hervé Nwabo Kamdje; Aurélie-Solange Agume Ntso. Calyx Juice of Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn (Malvaceae): A Possible Therapeutic Supplement to Antiretroviral Drugs. J. Dis. Med. Plants 2015, 1(4), 59-67. doi: 10.11648/j.jdmp.20150104.12

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