title: Food plants used during traditional wrestling in Kabyè land of Togo.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the traditional sports like the fight, natural products from minerals, animals and plants are used to increase physical resistance and performance. For a better understanding of this practice, an ethnopharmacological survey was carried out in kabyè land, North of Togo, to identify current plants used as foods plants during traditional wrestling.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ethnopharmacological data were collected through semi-structured method and personal interviews in the Kabyè locality during traditional wrestling. At least, twelve villages were surveyed in the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that 57 plants are widely used by local people as food plants generally during wrestling time. These plants are used traditionally for many others purposes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that these plants may serve as sources for pharmacological investigations in physical performance improvement.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie/Pharmacologie, Faculté des Sciences, Centre de Recherche et de Formation sur les Plantes Médicinales (CERFOPLAM), Université de Lomé BP 1515 Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: Tchazou
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kpatcha
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie/Pharmacologie, Faculté des Sciences, Centre de Recherche et de Formation sur les Plantes Médicinales (CERFOPLAM), Université de Lomé BP 1515 Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: Amegnona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agbonon
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie/Pharmacologie, Faculté des Sciences, Centre de Recherche et de Formation sur les Plantes Médicinales (CERFOPLAM), Université de Lomé BP 1515 Lomé, Togo.
authors.forename: Messanvi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gbeassor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010945:Plants, Edible / Q000737:chemistry*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014037:Togo; D014952:Wrestling; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations
keywords: Kabyè land; food plants; traditional wrestling