Ethnobotanical survey of food and medicinal plants of the Ilkisonko Maasai community in Kenya

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 463-469

  Kimondo, Julia ^a   Miaron, Jacob ^a   Mutai, Peggoty ^a   Njogu, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethnobotanical survey; Kenya; Loitokitok; Maasai; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM EXTRACT; ACACIA MELLIFERA EXTRACT; ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ACACIA NUBICA EXTRACT; ACACIA REFICIENS EXTRACT; ACACIA ROBUSTA EXTRACT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ALBIZIA ANTHELMINTICA EXTRACT; ALOE SECUNDIFLORA EXTRACT; CYPHOSTEMMA NODIGLANDULOSUM EXTRACT; GREWIA VILLOSA EXTRACT; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; LIPPIA KITUIENSIS EXTRACT; MAERUA TRIPHYLLA EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; OLEA CAPENSIS EXTRACT; ORMOCARPUM KIRKII EXTRACT; OXYGONUM SINUATUM EXTRACT; PAPPEA CAPENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHAMNUS PRINOIDES EXTRACT; RHUS NATALENSIS EXTRACT; SALVADORA PERSICA EXTRACT; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA EXTRACT; SOLANUM INCANUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA MASSAICA EXTRACT; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS EXTRACT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; XIMENIA AMERICANA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; ACACIA MELLIFERA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA NUBICA; ACACIA REFICIENS; ACACIA ROBUSTA; ALBIZIA ANTHELMINTICA; ALOE SECUNDIFLORA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BARK; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; COMBRETUM; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSTIPATION; CYPHOSTEMMA NODIGLANDULOSUM; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; EAST COAST FEVER; EYE INFECTION; FABACEAE; FEVER; GONORRHEA; GREWIA; GREWIA VILLOSA; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HERB; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; KENYA; KNEE PAIN; LEG EDEMA; LIPPIA KITUIENSIS; MAERUA TRIPHYLLA; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OLEA CAPENSIS; ORMOCARPUM KIRKII; OXYGONUM SINUATUM; PAIN; PAPPEA CAPENSIS; PARASITOSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETAINED PLACENTA; RHAMNUS PRINOIDES; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHUS NATALENSIS; SALVADORA PERSICA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHRUB; SOLANUM INCANUM; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX PAIN; TONSILLITIS; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE; URTICA MASSAICA; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; WOUND; XIMENIA AMERICANA; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNOBOTANY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945184770     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.013     Document Type: Article

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