Case Report
Volume 5 Issue 5 - 2022
Favism, A Genetic Disease, Can be Treated Using Watery Crude Extract of Fennel Vulgare
Ahed J Alkhatib1,2*, Maha Ibrahim Alqdairi3, Bodour Saleh Alsalmi3, Khudhair Fahad Alharbi3, Samar Ali Alamri3, Fatmah Abdallah Aldwsri3, Abdulaziz Abdullah A Aljaniah3, Abdulkareem Nawaf Alotaibi3, Manal Muteb Almutairi3, Nadia Mubarak Alharthy3 and Ghazlah Saleh Al Hamdan3
1Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
2International Mariinskaya Academy, Department of Medicine and Critical Care, Department of Philosophy, Academician Secretary of Department of Sociology
3Ministry of Health, King Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding Author: Ahed J Alkhatib, Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan.
Received: March 31, 2022; Published: April 28, 2022



Abstract

Favism is a genetic disease resulting from a deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD). The main objective of this study was to introduce a new natural treatment of favism using the crude watery extract of Fennel vulgare. Four cases with favism were presented. The use of Fennel vulgare watery extract inhibits the development of favism symptoms including hemolytic anemia and consequent pathways. Taken together, favism can be treated using Fennel vulgare.

Keywords: Favism; Fennel Vulgare; Watery Crude Extract; Hemolytic Anemia; G6PD Deficiency

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Citation: Ahed J Alkhatib., et al. “Favism, A Genetic Disease, Can be Treated Using Watery Crude Extract of Fennel Vulgare”. EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports 5.5 (2022): 37-39.

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