BASTOS, T. V. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2235577752677098; BASTOS, Thiago Vinicius de Souza.
Resumo:
Hypertension is a serious disease, often asymptomatic, that affects people around the world and
is a major socioeconomic problem. It arises as a result of multiple factors and is the major cause
of the development of cardiovascular diseases. Treatment consists of drug intervention through
one or more classes of drugs, associated with changes in the patient's lifestyle. Although
conventional treatment is well established, science is looking for new therapeutic strategies in
order to alleviate possible adverse effects, as well as treat resistant blood pressure. Several
medicinal plants are popularly used against arterial hypertension, so it is relevant to be
evaluated as an alternative or therapeutic adjuvant to conventional treatment. The objective of
this work was to investigate the properties of the medicinal plant Hibiscus sabdariffa against
systemic arterial hypertension. The methodology used was an integrative literature review, by
searching publications in scientific databases Pubmed, Elsevier, Scielo, Google Scholar and
national and international health committees, in Portuguese and/or English, published in the
period of 2008 to 2021. The 10 (ten) original articles, all with a clinical design, point to a
therapeutic potential of the plant comparable to traditional antihypertensive drugs, showing H.
sabdariffa as a promising alternative for the therapy of arterial hypertension.
