ABSTRACT
Natural products represent a sustainable and valuable resource with the potential to prevent and manage several diseases. Gongronema latifolium is a perennial crop commonly called “madumaro” or “arokeke” and “utazi” in the western part and southeastern part of Nigeria respectively. G. latifolium is widely believed to have strong nutritional and medicinal values. G. latifolium Benth Hook (Asclepiadaceae) is a tropical rainforest plant primarily used in traditional folk medicine in the treatment of malaria, diabetes, and hypertension and as laxative. The leaves are rich in fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals and can be consumed fresh to enrich salads, cooked in soup, or dried and applied like a powdery spice. This chapter aims at giving an update on the state of the art on G. latifolium and related beneficial properties. Particularly, a literature quantitative research analysis was carried out. One hundred thirty-five publications ranged from 1980 to 2022, found by literature search, were collectively cited in 1816 documents. The main subject areas are medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics, agricultural and biological sciences, and so on.
