Ethnomedicinal knowledge, belief and self-reported practice of local inhabitants on traditional antimalarial plants and phytotherapy

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a,b   Tsehaye, Endrias ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicinal survey; Knowledge; Malaria; Phytotherapy; Practice; Traditional antimalarial plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ACACIA CATECHU; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BERSAMA ABYSSINICA; BRASSICA NIGRA; BRUCEA ANTIDYSENTERICA; CALPURNA OUREA; CLERODENDRUM MYRICOIDES; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINGER; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INCOME; JUSTILIA SCHIMPERAND; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; OCIMUM LAMIIFOLIUM; PAPAYA; PHYTOLACCA DODECANDRA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RUMEX ABYSSINICUS; SELF REPORT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA; ZEHNERIA SCABRA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859748871     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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