Ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Uganda

R Gang, M Matsabisa, D Okello, Y Kang - Applied Biological Chemistry, 2023 - Springer
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global health problem owing to its high prevalence and
increased morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of DM and impaired glucose tolerance in …

Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches

FM Mutie, YM Mbuni, PC Rono, EM Mkala, JM Nzei… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globally, food and medicinal plants have been documented, but their use patterns are
poorly understood. Useful plants are non-random subsets of flora, prioritizing certain taxa …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and small-scale agriculture in Africa: Does indigenous knowledge matter? Insights from Kenya and South Africa

A Apraku, JF Morton, BA Gyampoh - Scientific African, 2021 - Elsevier
Africa is highly vulnerable to changes in global climatic conditions due to its low adaptive
capacity and sensitivity to changes in climatic variables, particularly in the agricultural sector …

[LIBRO][B] Eating and healing: traditional food as medicine

A Pieroni, L Price - 2006 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Discover neglected wild food sources—that can also be used as medicine! The long-
standing notion of “food as medicine, medicine as food,” can be traced back to Hippocrates …

Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya

PW Geissler, SA Harris, RJ Prince, A Olsen… - Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
In a follow-up to studies of school-children's medical knowledge among the rural Luo of
western Kenya, seven mothers were asked for their knowledge of plant medicine, and the 91 …

Chemical composition of Cupressus lusitanica and Eucalyptus saligna leaf essential oils and bioactivity against major insect pests of stored food grains

PK Bett, AL Deng, JO Ogendo, ST Kariuki… - Industrial Crops and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The leaf essential oils from Cupressus lusitanica, Miller and Eucalyptus saligna, Smith
obtained by hydrodistillation were analyzed by GC/MS and also screened for their …

Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms‐Laubach Dynamics and Succession in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria (East Africa): Implications for Water …

J Gichuki, R Omondi, P Boera, T Okorut… - The Scientific World …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This study, conducted in Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, assessed ecological succession and
dynamic status of water hyacinth. Results show that water hyacinth is the genesis of …

Practices of traditional birth attendants in Machakos District, Kenya

CK Kaingu, JA Oduma, TI Kanui - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The aim of the study was to document TBAs
practices as well as the indigenous herbal remedies they use to manage pre, intra and post …

Traditional gathering of wild vegetables among the luo of Western Kenya-a nutritional anthropology project1

C Ogoye-Ndegwa - Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
This study was conducted within the framework of the Kenyan-Danish Health Research
Project (KEDAHR) with funding from the Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory (DBL). We …

Species inventory and the local uses of the plants and fishes of the Lower Sondu Miriu wetland of Lake Victoria, Kenya

J Gichuki, FD Guebas, J Mugo, CO Rabuor, L Triest… - Hydrobiologia, 2001 - Springer
This investigation has surveyed the plants and fishes of the Lower Sondu Miriu wetland and
described their use by adjacent communities. Poverty is endemic in the area. Fish samples …