Department of Botany, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2012 Nov 21;144(2):448-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.09.028. Epub 2012 Sep 26.
To investigate the uses of medicinal plants for management of malaria by the communities around Kakum National Park in southern Ghana.
Data were obtained through questionnaire interviews with seven herbalists using standard ethnobotanical methods and voucher specimens where obtained of all the species used to treat malaria.
A total of 33 species in 21 plant families were identified as being used. Over 75% of the species of plants were used in combinations with one to eight other plant species for the management of malaria.
The study has shown that multiple plants prescriptions are most commonly used for the management of malaria in the study area. This makes it very complex to standardise and monitor the uses of the plants let alone further our understanding of the active compounds in any one species.
调查加纳南部卡卡姆国家公园周围社区用于治疗疟疾的药用植物的用途。
通过对 7 位草药医生进行问卷调查，使用标准的民族植物学方法获得数据，并对所有用于治疗疟疾的物种进行凭证标本采集。
共鉴定出 21 个科的 33 种植物被用于治疗疟疾。超过 75%的植物物种与一到八种其他植物物种联合使用来治疗疟疾。
该研究表明，在研究区域中，用于治疗疟疾的多植物处方最为常见。这使得标准化和监测植物的使用变得非常复杂，更不用说进一步了解任何一种植物中的活性化合物了。
