Medicinal plants used for management of malaria among the Luhya community of Kakamega East sub-County, Kenya

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14745640
AutoresNillian Mukungu (University of Nairobi, autor de correspondencia), Kennedy Abuga, Kennedy O Abuga (0000-0002-5395-7522, University of Nairobi), Faith Okalebo (0000-0001-9420-1599, University of Nairobi), Raphael Ingwela (University of Nairobi), Julius Mwangi (University of Nairobi)
Año2016
Volumen194
Páginas98-107
Fecha de publicación2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Ethnopharmacology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0378-8741 • E-ISSN: 1872-7573
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jep.2016.08.050
PMID27586821
OpenAlexW2516445603
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas66

Most of the reported plant species in this study have been investigated for antiplasmodial activity and are in agreement with the ethnomedical use. Two (2) plants are reported for the first time in the management of malaria. There is need for documentation and preservation of the rich ethnomedical knowledge within this community given that most of the practitioners are advanced in age and less educated. There is also the danger of over-exploitation of plant species as most of them are obtained from the wild, mainly Kakamega forest. Therefore, there is need for determining the economically and medicinally important plants in this community and planning for their preservation

Biology · Environmental health · Indigenous · Malaria · Medicinal plants · Population · Socioeconomics · Traditional medicine · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Medicine · Moringa oleifera research and applications · Ecology · Immunology