Phytochemistry of antiulcer Plant based medicines used by Luhya people of western Kenya

Abstract

Peptic ulcer disease is acid peptic injury of the digestive tract, resulting in mucosal break reaching the sub mucosa, it occurs in the stomach or duodenal. The aim of this study was to review the associated phytochemistry of antiulcer plant medicines used by Luhya people of Western Kenya. PubMed, Google scholar, Web of Science, and the Research Gate library. The antiulcer reported plants were 8, 4 were discussed further while 4 were not because of lack of literature on their antiulcer clinical studies. The phytochemicals identified were flavonoids, phenolic acid, tannins and oleuropein. Antiulcer activity of the plants and plant parts were associated with different phytochemical composition. The reviewers of this study recommend that these plants from Western Kenya should be investigated for their efficacy and phytochemical constituents.