ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED TRADITIONALLY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF VARIOUS AILMENTS IN KAURA NAMODA, ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
The research was carried out between December 2022 and March 2023. Eighty-eight (88) informants provided information on traditional knowledge via a semi-structured questionnaire. The demographic data of the respondents was presented using descriptive statistics. The popularity of the referenced species was examined using Use Consensus Values (UCs) and Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC). There were 88 informants, of which 27% were women and 73% were men. Most respondents (35 percent) are between the ages of 51 and 60. Just 6.8% of the respondents were single, while the majority, 80.7%, were married of the responders, and 64.8% had never attended college. Herbalists made up 42 percent of the respondents. A total of twenty-four (24) families' worth of plant species were collected. The dominant family is called Fabaceae with eighteen (18) members, and malvaceae, with three (3) and four (4) members, in order of precedence. There was one (1) member in each of the following families: SolanaceaeAsteraceae, Asclepiadaceae, Zingiberaceae, Curcubitaceae, Convulvolaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apocynaceae, Ebanaceae, Rutaceae, Moringaceae, Rubiaceae, Zygophylaceae, and Annonaceae The plant Azadirachta indica exhibited the greatest Use Concensus Value (UC) of 0.40 and Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC) of 0.20. Most plants are used to treat a variety of conditions, including piles, diabetes etc., asthma, malaria, typhoid, stomachaches, anti-snake bites, diarrhea, yellow fever, whereas certain herbs arouse libidinal urges.
References
Adnan, M., Jan., S., Mussarat, S., Tariq, A., Begum, S., Afroz, A. and Shinwari, Z. K. (2014). A review on ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of plant genus Caralluma R. Br. The journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 66: 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jphp.12265
Aikman, L. (1997). Nature’s Healing Arts: From Folk Medicine to Modern Drugs. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society.
Aliyu, D. and Abubakar, G. 2016. An ethno-botanical survey of plants used for management ofcancer in north-eastern Nigeria. The Pharmaceutical and Chemical Journal 3(2), 31–37.
Augustine A. Boadu and Alex Asase (2017) Documentation of Herbal Medicines Used for the Treatment and Management of Human Diseases by Some Communities in Southern Ghana. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3043061
Bajpai M, Pande A, Tewari SK, Prakash D (2005) Phenolic contents and antioxidant activityof some food and medicinal plants. Int J Food Sci Nutr 56: 287- 291. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09637480500146606
Bartwal A, Mall R, Lohani P, Guru S, Arora S. (2013). Role of secondary metabolites and brassinosteroids in plant defense against environmental stresses. J Plant Growth Regul.2013; 32(1):216–32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-012-9272-x
Bekalo TH, Woodmatas SD, Woldemariam ZA.( 2009). An ethnobotanical study of medicinalplants used by local people in the lowlands of konta special woreda, southern nations,nationalities and peoples regional state, Ethiopia. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2009;5:26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-5-26
Bourhia, M., Abdelaziz Shahat, A., Mohammed Almarfadi, O., Ali Naser, F., Mostafa Abdelmageed, W., Ait Haj Said, A. and Khlil, N. (2019. Ethnopharmacological Survey ofHerbal Remedies Used for the Treatment of Cancer in the Greater Casablanca-Morocco. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019, 1–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1613457
Busia K. (2016). Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine, vol. 1 & amp; 2, Lightning Source UK Ltd., Milton Keynes, UK, 2016.
Byg, A. and Balslev, H. 2001. Diversity and use of palms in Zahamena, eastern Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 10(6), 951–970. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016640713643
Chekole G, Asfaw Z, Kelbessa E. (2015). Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in theenvirons of Tara-gedam and Amba remnant forests of Libo Kemkem District, northwestEthiopia. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2015;11:4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-11-4
Dias, S.A. Urban, S., and Roessner U.A. (2012). Historical overview of natural products in drug discovery. Metabolites pp. 303-336. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo2020303
Evans W.C. (2008). Trease and Evans’ Pharmacognosy 16 th Edition. London; W.B sounders company Ltd.
Gras, A., Vallès, J., & Garnatje, T. (2020). Filling the gaps: ethnobotanical study of the Garrigues district, an arid zone in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 16, 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-020-00386-0
Govaerts, R. (2001). How many species of seed plants are there?. Taxon, 50(4): 1085- 1090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1224723
Halberstein, R.A. (2015). Medicinal plants: Historical and Cross-cultural usage patterns. Annals of Epidemiology, 15(9): 686-699. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.02.004
Kankara, S.S., Ibrahim, M.H., Mustafa, M. and Go, R. (2015). Ethnobotanical survey of medicinalplants used for traditional maternal healthcare in Katsina state, Nigeria. South African Journal of Botany 97, 165–175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.01.007
Kaushik, N.K., Bagavan, A., Rahuman, A.A., Zahir, A.A., Kamaraj, C., Elango, G.,Jayaseelan, C., Kirthi, A.V., Santhoshkumar, T., Marimuthu, S. and Rajakumar, G.(2015). Evaluation of antiplasmodial activity of medicinal plants from NorthIndian Buchpora and South Indian Eastern Ghats. Malaria Journal, 14(1): 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0564-z
Kim, K. B., Yoo, K. H., Park, H. Y., & Jeong, J. M. (2006). Anti-oxidative activities of commercial edible plant extracts distributed in Korea. Applied Biological Chemistry, 49(4), 328-333
Nigatu Tuasha, Beyene Petros and Zemede Asfaw (2018). Medicinal plants used by traditional healers to treat malignancies and other human ailments in Dalle District, Sidama Zone, Ethiopia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0213-z
Ohnishi, S. and Takeda, H. 2015. Herbal medicines for the treatment of cancer chemotherapy-induced side effects. Frontiers in Pharmacology 6, 1–5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2015.00014
Olivoto T, Nardino M, Carvalho IR, Follmann DN, Szareski V, Jardel I, Ferrari M, et al. (2017) Plant secondary metabolites and its dynamical systems of induction in response to environmental factors: a review. Afr J Agric Res. 2017;12(2):71–84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2016.11677
Pinmai K, Chunlaratthanabhom S, Ngamkitidechakul C, Soonthornchareon NHahnvajanawong C (2008). Synergistic growth inhibitory effects of Phyllanthus emblica and Terminalia bellerica extracts with conventional cytotoxic agents: Doxorubicin and cisplatin against human hepatocellular carcinoma and lung cancer cells. World J Gastroenterol 14: 1491-1497. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.1491
Regassa R.(2003). Assessment of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plant practice and mode ofservice delivery in Hawassa city, southern Ethiopia. J Med Plants Res. 2013;7(9):517–35.
Samouh, Y., Lemrani, A., Hajar, H., Mohamad, J. and Said, A.A.H. (2019). Ethnopharmacological Study of Herbal Medicines used to treat Cancer in Morocco. The Journal of Phytopharmacology 8(3), 135–141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31254/phyto.2019.8309
Sofowora, A.(2008). A medicinal plants and traditional medicine in Africa. 3 rd edition, Ibadan:Spectrum book.
Sulaiman, S.K., Abdulazeez, B.I., Abubakar, B., Abdulhamid, A. and Umar, L. 2018. Medicinalplants used for the management of hepatic ailments in Katsina State, Nigeria. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 12(24), 375–386. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR2018.6637
Tardio, J,. Pardo-de-Santayana, (2008). Culture importance indices; a comparative analysis based on the useful wild plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain). Economic botany 62(1), 24-39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-007-9004-5
Teklay A, Abera B, Giday M. (2013). An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Kilte Awulaelo District, Tigray region of Ethiopia. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2013;9(1):65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-9-65
Togola, A. T., Diallo, D., S., Barsett, H., and Paulsen, B. S. (2005). Ethnopharmacological survey of different uses of seven medicinal plants from Mali. (West Africa) in the region Doila, Kolokani and Siby. Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 1: 7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-1-7
Ugwu, C. C., Ezeonu, I. M., Mbah-Omeje. K. N., Agu, C. C. and Onuorah, S. C. (2017). Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Effects of Syzygium aromaticum (Clove) and Garcinia kola (Bitter kola) extracts singly and in Combination, on Some Bacteria. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6(12): 1-13.
World Health Organization, WHO (1998). Guidelines for the appropriate use of herbal medicine.http://apps.who.int/medicinedoc/en/d/Jh2945e/4.html Accessed, 5/04/2014).
Copyright (c) 2024 FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
FUDMA Journal of Sciences
