BACKGROUND The Kagera region of north western Tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practices. The dynamic inter-ethnic interactions of different people from the surrounding countries constitute a rich reservoir of herbal based healing practices. This study, the second in an ongoing series, reports on the medicinal plant species used in Katoro ward, Bukoba District, and tr...

In Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria one country's major public health issues and responsible for death tens thousands people every year in both rural urban environments. Antimalarial drugs are commonly used but some recorded cases drug resistance obstacle to controlling spread malaria. It therefore essential identify n...

Background: The concept of ethnomedicine deals with the cultural interpretations health and illness through analyzing using indigenous perceptions/practices. Although tradition medicinal plants in Ethiopia is practiced for a long time, documentation not as intense its history exercise wildly. This study was conducted districts surrounding Hirmi Vegetation to; document identify plant species, re...

Background: This research deals with the indigenous medicinal plants used by rural population of Artvin-Borçka (Zorlu village), for treatment gynecological disorders. For this purpose, ethnomedicinal survey Zorlu village in Turkey was carried out during 2008-2009. Methods: In present study, a two-part made. The first part determined folk medicine Second were uses plants. Results: Local inhabita...

objective: alchornea floribunda leaves are widely used in ethnomedicine for the management of immuno-inflammatory disorders. we investigated the in vivo and in vitro antioxidant activity of the leaf extract, fractions and isolated compounds of a. floribunda.materials and methods: the ethyl acetate fraction of the methanol leaf extract was subjected to several chromatographic separations to isol...

Introduction: Andrographis paniculata is a plant employed in traditional medicine among the natives of Owerri, Eastern Nigeria, management several ailments. In this study leaf was investigated for its chemical constituents and to validate antimicrobial activity ethnomedicine. Methods: The fresh steam-distilled obtain volatile oil which subjected FT-IR GC-MS analysis. powdered air-dried also ext...

Background: Ethnobotanical studies have demonstrated the ability of different social groups to maintain and diversify plant knowledge in urban environments. This study characterizes traditional about medicinal plants a popular community Porto Alegre metropolitan city, Brazil. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 28 people, four whom healers. Data collected regarding uses, w...