Ethnomedicinal plants used for treating urinary tract infections in the Philippines: a systematic review
Abstract
Background: In developing nations, including the Philippines, medicinal plants are still utilized to cure prevalent communal ailments. One of these diseases is UTI, characterized by infections of the lower urinary tract, composed of the bladder and urethra, and the upper urinary tract, including the kidneys and ureters. This systematic review identified the medicinal plants used for UTI treatment in the Philippines. Methods: The study was conducted based on the PRISMA flow diagram, starting with a data search on the Scopus, EBSCO-CINAHL, and OVID Medline databases and a manual search from Google Scholar. The following search technique was utilized in Scopus, EBSCO-CINAHL, and Google Scholar was: (ethnobot* OR ethnomed* OR ethnopharmacolo* OR "medicinal plan*") AND (Philippin* OR Filipin*). Meanwhile, the search terms used for Ovid Medline were (ethnobotany OR ethnomedicine OR ethnopharmacology OR medicinal plants) AND (Philippin* OR Filipin*). The collected studies were subjected to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The necessary information was extracted from the eligible research papers, and the studies' quality was assessed through a developed quality assessment tool. Results: Initially, 498 studies are gathered in this systematic review, with 434 obtained from Scopus, EBSCO-CINAHL, and OVID Medline databases and 64 from manual searching on Google Scholar. After thorough screening, the number of eligible studies is narrowed down to 42, with publication dates starting from…
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