論文

査読有り 最終著者 責任著者 国際共著 国際誌
2018年12月20日

Medicinal Plants Used in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Southern Ghana: An Ethnobotanical Study.

Medicines (Basel, Switzerland)
  • Kwame Sarpong Appiah
  • ,
  • Clement Peprah Oppong
  • ,
  • Hossein Korrani Mardani
  • ,
  • Richard Ansong Omari
  • ,
  • Sylvia Kpabitey
  • ,
  • Christiana Adukwei Amoatey
  • ,
  • Siaw Onwona-Agyeman
  • ,
  • Yosei Oikawa
  • ,
  • Keisuke Katsura
  • ,
  • Yoshiharu Fujii

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開始ページ
1
終了ページ
27
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/medicines6010001

Background: The in-depth traditional knowledge of medicinal plants is at risk of extinction due to the dependency on oral transmission, and as such, there is an urgent need to document such knowledge. This study aimed to document indigenous uses of medicinal plants among community members in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality. Methods: Data was collected in 2016 from community members and local herbalists in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality through a semi-structured questionnaire. Statistical tools and ethnobotanical indices, i.e., informant consensus factor (ICF), fidelity level (FL), and use value (UV) were used to analyse the data. Results: One hundred and six medicinal plants belonging to 45 families were reported to cure 68 different human diseases. The most frequently used plant part in this study was the leaves (52%). Decoction (57.5%) and oral administration (58.3%) were the most utilised herbal preparation and administration route respectively. Cleistopholis patens had the highest UV (0.54) with pain & fevers and skin diseases having the highest ICF values (0.88 and 0.85 respectively). Furthermore, new medicinal uses of Hilleria latifolia and ten other species were recorded for the treatment of the traditional local disease, aseram. Conclusions: The current knowledge and uses of medicinal plants are still high in the study area based on the high degree of consensus among informants. This study could allow for the preservation of knowledge and biodiversity of medicinal plants, both of which are threatened with extinction.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines6010001
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30577439
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473417
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/medicines6010001
  • PubMed ID : 30577439
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC6473417

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