Infusions based on medicinal plants and their benefit in metabolic syndrome diseases. A systematic review during the years 2016-2021

Kevin Abel P.C.; Orealiz Katherine C.H.; Haniel S.M.; Valderrama Puscan M.W. · Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (2022) · DOI: 10.18687/leird2022.1.1.26

Resumen

Infusions, in particular, are hot drinks made from the leaves, flowers, fruits, bark and roots of certain natural plants that contain medicinal properties, these have made it possible to counteract many diseases that have been generated throughout the human life cycle. Therefore, the present study aims to know the varieties of medicinal plants, the origin of sowing, compounds present in the plants, their effectiveness in infusions, benefit in diseases and unit operations from the review of scientific articles in recent years. 5 years. For this, the Prisma methodology was used, performing the inclusion and exclusion criteria in different electronic databases such as Redalyc, Scielo, Google Scholar, Taylor and Francis, Scopus, Ebsco Host, Science Direct and ProQuest, thus obtaining 27 articles included for your review. As results in the selected studies, it was found that the medicinal plants most used in infusions were cinnamon with 7.14%, green tea 5.7% and lemon verbena 4.29%. In addition, it was found that the most present compounds in plants were flavonoids with 23.64% and in terms of their effectiveness in infusions, antioxidants had the highest value with 28.05%. In conclusion, medicinal plants made in infusions with proper operation maintain the compounds provided by the plant and show a positive effect on metabolic syndrome diseases.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada del Norte