Ethnomedicinal Survey of Plants Used as Remedy for Alzheimer’s Disease in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

In the inventory, an ethnobotanical survey was carried out to document the plant families, species and parts of plants used in the management of Alzheimer's disease. The result revealed that a total of 45 plant species from 29 families mostly of the Fabaceae (17.24%), Graminae (13.79%), Amaryllidaceae (10.35%) and Laminaceae (10.35%). The commonest plant species identified include; Zingiber officinale Roscoe (ginger), Allium cepa L. (onion), Allium sativum L. (garlic), Telfaria occidentalis Hook F (fluted pumpkin), Manihot esculenta Crantz, (cassava), Zea mays L. (maize), Cymbopogon citratus (DC ex Nees) Stapf (lemon grass), Curcuma longa L.(turmeric) and Vitis vinifera L. (grape). All the plants identified in this inventory have been used by the herbal practitioners and adjudged to be effective. Despite the survey, more research is needed in the extraction and isolation of active chemical constituents in these plants for the formulation of drugs and other pharmaceutical purposes.