Teklehaymanot Tilahun
Endod and Other Medicinal Plants Unit, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2009 Jul 6;124(1):69-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.005. Epub 2009 Apr 11.
It reveals the trend of knowledge of medicinal plants and the documentation serves as a baseline data for future phytochemical and pharmacological studies.
The medicinal plants are the integral part of the variety of cultures in Ethiopia and have been used over many centuries. Hence, the aim of this study is to assess knowledge specifically with regard to gender and age, and to document medicinal plants used by the people in Dek Island.
The ethnobotanical surveys and quantitative analytical methods were used to study the level of knowledge and medicinal plants use in Dek Island.
The male (mean=5.75+/-0.65; p<0.001) and informants with > or =40 years of age (mean=5.25+/-0.56; p<0.05) reported more medicinal plants. Age (p<0.05) and sex (p<0.05) have influence on knowledge of medicinal plants though sex (partial eta squared=0.496) has stronger influence than age. The medicinal plants uses showed similarity with other studies conducted in different cultural setups and locations.
The trend of knowledge loss in both age categories and sexes implicates the likely risk of loss of knowledge. The documented data could be useful for future phytochemical and pharmacological studies.
它揭示了药用植物知识的趋势，该记录可为未来的植物化学和药理学研究提供基线数据。
药用植物是埃塞俄比亚多种文化不可或缺的一部分，并且已经被使用了许多世纪。因此，本研究的目的是具体评估关于性别和年龄的知识，并记录德克岛居民使用的药用植物。
采用民族植物学调查和定量分析方法来研究德克岛的知识水平和药用植物使用情况。
男性（平均值 = 5.75±0.65；p<0.001）以及年龄≥40岁的受访者（平均值 = 5.25±0.56；p<0.05）提及的药用植物更多。年龄（p<0.05）和性别（p<0.05）对药用植物知识有影响，尽管性别（偏 eta 平方 = 0.496）的影响比年龄更强。药用植物的使用情况与在不同文化背景和地点进行的其他研究结果相似。
不同年龄组和性别的知识流失趋势意味着存在知识丧失的潜在风险。记录的数据可能对未来的植物化学和药理学研究有用。
