Medicinal plants used in traditional management of cancer in Uganda: a review of ethnobotanical surveys, phytochemistry, and anticancer studies

T Omara, AK Kiprop, RC Ramkat… - Evidence‐Based …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The burden of neoplastic diseases is a significant global health challenge accounting for
thousands of deaths. In Uganda, about 32,617 cancer cases were reported in 2018 …

Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, and phytochemistry of traditional medicinal plants used in the management of symptoms of tuberculosis in East Africa: a systematic …

SB Obakiro, A Kiprop, I Kowino, E Kigondu… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2020 - Springer
Objective Many studies on the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) using herbal medicines have
been undertaken in recent decades in East Africa. The details, however, are highly …

Medicinal plant use, conservation, and the associated traditional knowledge in rural communities in Eastern Uganda

JE Ssenku, SA Okurut, A Namuli, A Kudamba… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - Springer
Background The global consumption of herbal medicine is increasing steadily, posing an
extinction risk to medicinal plants. Uganda is among the top ten countries with a high threat …

Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological studies of medicinal and aromatic plants used in the treatment of metabolic diseases in the Moroccan Rif

N Chaachouay, O Benkhnigue, M Fadli, H El Ibaoui… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Since early times, the people of Morocco use medicinal and aromatic plants as traditional
medicine to heal different human ailments. However, little studies have been made in the …

An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Edremit Gulf (Balıkesir–Turkey)

R Polat, F Satıl - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: This paper provides significant ethnobotanical
information on medical plants in the Western Region of Turkey. There is urgency in …

Medicinal plants used in treatment and management of cancer in Kakamega County, Kenya

DO Ochwang'i, CN Kimwele, JA Oduma… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Traditional medicine plays a critical role in treatment of
chronic debilitating and life threatening conditions and diseases. Cancer is one such …

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the local people of Alaşehir (Manisa) in Turkey

SA Sargın, E Akçicek, S Selvi - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance This paper represents the first large-scale ethnobotanical
study in the Alaşehir and its surrounding (Manisa/Turkey). There are scarcely any studies for …

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used against human ailments in Gubalafto District, Northern Ethiopia

G Chekole - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Traditional medicinal plant species documentation is very crucial in Ethiopia for
biodiversity conservation, bioactive chemical extractions and indigenous knowledge …

Medicinal plants and their traditional uses in local communities around Cherangani Hills, Western Kenya

YM Mbuni, S Wang, BN Mwangi, NJ Mbari, PM Musili… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Medicinal plants are vital sources of easily accessible remedy used in the countryside
healthcare system. This study aimed to find and make record of plants that are used for …

Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in the Thar Desert (Sindh) of Pakistan

G Yaseen, M Ahmad, S Sultana, AS Alharrasi… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance The traditional use of medicinal plants in health-care
practices among the rural communities provides the basis for natural drug discovery …