Knowledge and self-reported practice of the local inhabitants on traditional insect repellent plants in Western Hararghe zone, Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 212-219

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a,b   Husen, Ebrahim ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotanical survey; Knowledge; Plant based insect repellent; Self reported practice

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; PLANT BASED INSECT REPELLENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA MEARNSII; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CLAUSENA ANISATA; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS RIGIDIFOLIUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LAMIACEAE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYRTACEAE; OLEA EUROPEA; OLEACEAE; OTOSTEGIA INTEGRIFOLIA; PLANT LEAF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUTACEAE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SILENE MACROSERENE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYZYGIUM GUINEENSE; TRADITIONAL INSECT REPELLENT PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSECT REPELLENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKE; YOUNG ADULT;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84859768455     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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