Quantitative ethnobotany of medicinal plants used by Kara and Kwego semi-pastoralist people in lower Omo River Valley, Debub Omo Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-84

  Teklehaymanot, Tilahun ^a   Giday, Mirutse ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Kara; Kwego; Medicinal plant; Omo Valley; Semi pastoralist

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON ANGULATUM EXTRACT; ACACIA MELLIFERA EXTRACT; ACCASIA EXTRACT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; AERVA JAVANICA EXTRACT; AMARANTHGUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; BALANITES ROTUNDIFOLIA EXTRACT; BOSCIA CORIACEA EXTRACT; CADABA FORINOSA EXTRACT; CADABA ROTUNDIFOLIA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS FASCICULARIS EXTRACT; COCCINIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ACULEATUM EXTRACT; CORDIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CUCURBITA PEPOS EXTRACT; CYPREUS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA BREVIARTICULATA EXTRACT; FLUGGEA VIROSA EXTRACT; HYPOESTES FORSKAOLII EXTRACT; KEDROSTIS FOETIDISSMA EXTRACT; MAEURA SESSILIFLORA EXTRACT; PAVONIA ARABICA EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS SEPIALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUPALINA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SABA COMORENSIS EXTRACT; SANSEVIERIA EHRENERGII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVARIA LEPTOCALDON EXTRACT;

ABSCESS; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BACKACHE; BLOATING; CESTODIASIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; GOITER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAEURA SESSILIFLORA; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALVADORA PERSICA; SKIN INFECTION; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM HASTIFOLIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOMACH PAIN; SWELLING; SYPHILIS; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; TRACHOMA; VOMITING; WOUND; CLASSIFICATION; PLANT STRUCTURES;

ETHIOPIA; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

SALVADORA PERSICA; SOLANUM;

EID: 77953809753     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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