Lawal Ibraheem Oduola, Rafiu Basirat Olabisi, Ale Joy Enitan, Majebi Onuyi Emmanuel, Aremu Adeyemi Oladapo
Biomedicinal Research Centre, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5054, Jericho Hill, Ibadan 200272, Oyo, Nigeria.
Department of General Studies, Federal Cooperative College, P.M.B. 5033, Eleyele, Ibadan 200284, Oyo, Nigeria.
Plants (Basel). 2022 Feb 25;11(5):633. doi: 10.3390/plants11050633.
Traditional medicine is typically the most accessible primary healthcare for a large proportion of the people in Nigeria. However, its potential remains under-explored, especially with regards to their documentation. This research investigated and documented the use of medicinal plants in the management of various health conditions/diseases among local populations in Lagos State. This study was conducted in five (5) locations of Lagos State i.e., Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, and Epe (including Ijebu and Imota). Ethnobotanical information from 100 participants was obtained using semi-structured questionnaires. Frequency of citation (FC), relative frequency of citation (RFC), fidelity level (FL), and informant consensus factor (ICF) were used to assess the importance of plants utilised for various health conditions/diseases. We identified 183 plants from 61 plant families with the highest number (24) of plants belonging to Fabaceae. Based on the high FC, the top-five popular plants used for managing health conditions/diseases in the study areas were (95%), (93%), (87%), (83%) and (81%). Furthermore, , and were recognised as the most adaptable plants, as they were used to treat five different health conditions/diseases. The most commonly used life-forms were herbs (34%) and woody species (shrubs; 30%, and trees; 22%). The most regularly used plant parts were leaves. The calculated RFC values for all medicinal plant species ranged from 0.01 to 0.95, while FL values ranged from 7.14 to 100%. We found 14 health conditions/diseases, with ICF values ranging from 0.88 to 0.95. Insomnia, insanity, convulsion, nervousness, and muscle relaxants had the lowest (ICF = 0.88) agreement, while malaria/fevers, stomach, and respiratory-related diseases had the most (ICF = 0.95) agreement. The documented therapeutic uses of the plants provide basic data for further research aimed at pharmacological and conservation studies of the most important flora existing in the study areas.
传统医学通常是尼日利亚很大一部分人最容易获得的初级医疗保健方式。然而，其潜力仍未得到充分探索，尤其是在文献记录方面。本研究调查并记录了拉各斯州当地居民使用药用植物治疗各种健康状况/疾病的情况。本研究在拉各斯州的五个地点进行，即阿利莫肖、巴达格里、埃蒂奥萨和埃佩（包括伊杰布和伊莫塔）。通过半结构化问卷从100名参与者那里获取了民族植物学信息。使用引用频率（FC）、相对引用频率（RFC）、保真度水平（FL）和信息提供者共识因子（ICF）来评估用于各种健康状况/疾病的植物的重要性。我们从61个植物科中鉴定出183种植物，其中豆科植物数量最多（24种）。基于高引用频率，研究区域内用于管理健康状况/疾病的最受欢迎的五种植物是（95%）、（93%）、（87%）、（83%）和（81%）。此外，、和被认为是适应性最强的植物，因为它们被用于治疗五种不同的健康状况/疾病。最常用的植物生活型是草本植物（34%）和木本植物（灌木；30%，乔木；22%）。最常使用的植物部位是叶子。所有药用植物物种的计算RFC值范围为0.01至0.95，而FL值范围为7.14至100%。我们发现了14种健康状况/疾病，ICF值范围为0.88至0.95。失眠、精神错乱、抽搐、紧张和肌肉松弛剂的一致性最低（ICF = 0.88），而疟疾/发烧、胃部和呼吸道相关疾病的一致性最高（ICF = 0.95）。这些植物的记录治疗用途为进一步研究提供了基础数据，旨在对研究区域内存在的最重要植物群进行药理学和保护研究。
