BACKGROUND The Kagera region, in north western Tanzania, is endowed with a strong culture of traditional medicine that is well supported by a rich diversity of medicinal plants. However, most of the plants in this region have not been documented nor evaluated for safety and efficacy. As an initiative in that direction, this study documented the knowledge on medicinal plant use by traditional he...

Plants used for treating endoand ectoparasites of rabbits and poultry in British Columbia included Arctium lappa (burdock), Artemisia sp. (wormwood), Chenopodium album (lambsquarters) and C. ambrosioides (epazote), Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle), Juniperus spp. (juniper), Mentha piperita (peppermint), Nicotiana sp. (tobacco), Papaver somniferum (opium poppy), Rubus spp. (blackberry and raspbe...

The leaf of Solanum anomalum used in ethnomedicine for the treatment various ailments such as diabetes was evaluated antioxidative stress and hepatoprotective potentials against hepatic injuries alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Antioxidative activities extract fractions (70-210 mg/kg) were assessed by determining oxidative markers levels, liver function indices histopathological study livers trea...

Polygonum capitatum (Polygonaceae) exists in rural areas of Southwest China and some other Asian countries. Its aerial part or whole herbal plant has been used as a Miao ethnomedicine against urinary system diseases, infections, pyelonephritis, diarrhea, so on. The progress phytochemical research on P. over the past decades is summarized. Two hundred three chemical constituents that have isolat...

The study investigated the antidiarrheal potential of methanol extract Combretum dolichopetalum and its solvent fractions. Leaves were extracted using as solvent. This was classified crude (MECD). further fractionated column chromatographic techniques to get various Castor oil used induce diarrhea in animals, following atropine plant extracts confirm any activity. Fecal excretion absorption/sec...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown that a significant proportion of people with epilepsy use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM use is known to vary between different ethnic groups and cultural contexts; however, little attention has been devoted to inter-ethnic differences within the UK population. We studied the use of biomedicine, complementary and alternative medicine, and ethnome...

Background The most important attribute to which all human beings aspire is good health because it enables us to undertake different forms of activities of daily living. The emergence of scientific knowledge in Western societies has enabled scientists to explore and define several parameters of health by drawing boundaries around factors that are known to influence the attainment of good health...

ABSTRACT
 Medicinal plants have been used to facilitate bone injury healing in many communities. West Kalimantan is rich diversity of medicinal and local wisdom owned by ethnic groups. As forest destruction getting increases, it leads the extinction certain plant species there. Thus, crucial document with properties traditional knowledge as valuable information passed down generation. A se...

objective: newbouldia laevis seem, is an ubiquitous perennial plant belonging to the family bignoniaceae with varying applicability in ethnomedicine. methods: the anticonvulsant effect of the aqueous extracts of root and stem bark preparations was undertaken using standard techniques. results: results showed that the ld50 in mice was 489.8mg/kg body weight while 5.6mg/kg body weight protected m...