EFFECTS OF PHYTOTERAPEUTICS ON BENIGN PROSTATE HYPERPLASIA

Objective: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition that causes symptoms during urinary storage, discharge and after discharge, which are seen in an average one third of men over the age of fifty, as well as disrupts the quality of life. Phytotherapeutics have long been involved in clinical practice in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms associated with BPH. The goal of this study is to review pharmacological and clinical studies on Cucurbita pepo, Epilobium sp., Hypoxis rooperi, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Pinus pinaster Aiton, Pygeum africanum, Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook, Secale cereale, Serenoa repens, Urtica dioica, which are the most frequently used plant species in BPH treatment. Result and Discussion: It is argued that phytotherapeutics improve symptoms in the treatment of lower urinary tract for BPH, on the other hand most of the studies shows that more placebo-controlled, double-blind randomization studies involving large patient numbers were needed