Student's Journal of Health Research Africa
A narrative review of medicinal uses and ethnopharmacological properties of wild yam (Dioscorea sylvatica Eckl).
Dioscorea sylvatica Eckl. is a climber or vine with a large underground fleshy tuber widely used in traditional medicine in Southern Africa. This narrative review is aimed at synthesizing traditional ecological knowledge about the medicinal uses and ethnopharmacological properties of D. sylvatica. A systematic review of scientific literature on the therapeutic potential and ethnopharmacological properties of D. sylvatica was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and meta-analyses …