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Traditional herbal drugs of Bulamogi, Uganda: plants, use and administration
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An inventory of the medicinal plants of Bulamogi county in Uganda, including their medicinal use, preparation and administration modes is presented, to promote confidence among users of traditional medicine, and also to create opportunities for the marketing of herbal medicines and generate incomes for the community.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 2003-09-01. It has received 407 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Medicinal plants.read more
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COVID-19: A promising cure for the global panic.
Balachandar Vellingiri,Kaavya Jayaramayya,Mahalaxmi Iyer,Arul Narayanasamy,Vivekanandhan Govindasamy,Bupesh Giridharan,Singaravelu Ganesan,Anila Venugopal,Dhivya Venkatesan,Harsha Ganesan,Kamarajan Rajagopalan,Pattanathu K. S. M. Rahman,Ssang-Goo Cho,Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar,Mohana Devi Subramaniam +14 more
TL;DR: The structure of virus; varying symptoms among COVID-19, SARS, MERS and common flu; the probable mechanism behind the infection and its immune response; and traditional Indian medicinal plants as possible novel therapeutic approaches, exclusively targeting SARS-CoV-2 and its pathways are discussed.
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Plectranthus : A review of ethnobotanical uses
TL;DR: The aim of this review is to gather together all ethnobotanical information on Plectranthus and to map the data onto the most up-to-date phylogenetic classification in order to see if there are similar uses among related species and hence provide a framework for the prediction and exploration of new uses of species.
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Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical study.
TL;DR: Acculturation of the young generation has been found to be the major treat to the continuation of traditional medical knowledge and practice in the study area and efforts should be made to incorporate traditional medicine in school curricula so that younger people could appreciate its usefulness.
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants commonly used by Kani tribals in Tirunelveli hills of Western Ghats, India.
TL;DR: Traditional healers who are practicing herbal medicine among the Kani tribals in Tirunelveli hills of Western Ghats, India are identified and quantitatively document their indigenous knowledge on the utilization of medicinal plants particularly most common ethnomedicinal plants.
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Traditional medicinal plant knowledge and use by local healers in Sekoru District, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia.
Haile Yineger,Delenasaw Yewhalaw +1 more
TL;DR: No significant correlation was observed between the age of traditional healers and the number of species reported and the indigenous knowledge transfer was found to be similar, but plant parts used for remedy preparations showed significant difference with medicinal plant species abundance in the study area.
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Medicinal plant diversity and use in the highlands of Dolakha district, Nepal
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