Nuro Geritu Bedasso, Tolossa Ketema, Giday Mirutse
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
J Exp Pharmacol. 2024 Mar 5;16:81-109. doi: 10.2147/JEP.S449496. eCollection 2024.
The purpose of this study was to record the utilization of medicinal plants by the Oromo people in the Kofale District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, to control human and animal health problems.
Data regarding the use of medicinal plants were collected using ethnobotanical methods from 84 traditional medicine practitioners and 304 general informants sampled employing purposive and systematic random sampling methods, respectively, in the Kofale District. Data were analyzed using different indices, including a preference ranking exercise, informant consensus factor (ICF), fidelity level (FL) and relative popularity level (RPL).
In the district, 106 medicinal plants were claimed to be used for the treatment of 43 human and 18 livestock illnesses, of which 75 (71%) were used to manage human health problems, 23 (21.5%) were used to treat both human and livestock ailments and eight (7.5%) were utilized to treat manage livestock health problems. Most (76.4%) plants were harvested from the wild. Leaves were the most commonly used plant part (55.6%) in remedy preparations. Skin diseases scored the highest ICF value (0.97), followed by gastrointestinal disorders (ICF = 0.95), cancer (ICF = 0.93), and hemorrhoids (ICF = 0.91). Medicinal plants that record the highest fidelity level (FL) (100%) and rank order priority (ROP) (100%) values included and , which have been used to treat liver disorders, tapeworm infections, babesiosis, and rabies, respectively. There were significant differences (<0.05) in the mean numbers of medicinal plants claimed by different social groups: older, illiterate, and traditional medicine practitioners reported higher mean numbers of medicinal plants than younger, literate, and general informants, respectively.
This study indicated the richness of medicinal plant species in Kofale District. Medicinal plants with the highest FL and ROP values and those used to treat disease categories with the highest ICF values should be prioritized in future phytochemical and pharmacological investigations.
本研究旨在记录埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚州科法莱区奥罗莫人利用药用植物防治人类和动物健康问题的情况。
采用民族植物学方法，分别从科法莱区84名传统医学从业者和304名一般信息提供者中收集有关药用植物使用的数据，抽样方法分别为目的抽样和系统随机抽样。使用不同指标对数据进行分析，包括偏好排序、信息提供者共识因子（ICF）、保真度水平（FL）和相对流行度水平（RPL）。
在该地区，据称106种药用植物用于治疗43种人类疾病和18种牲畜疾病，其中75种（71%）用于管理人类健康问题，23种（21.5%）用于治疗人类和牲畜疾病，8种（7.5%）用于管理牲畜健康问题。大多数（76.4%）植物是从野外采集的。叶子是药物制剂中最常用的植物部位（55.6%）。皮肤病的ICF值最高（0.97），其次是胃肠道疾病（ICF = 0.95）、癌症（ICF = 0.93）和痔疮（ICF = 0.91）。保真度水平（FL）（100%）和排序优先级（ROP）（100%）值最高的药用植物包括[具体植物名称1]和[具体植物名称2]，它们分别用于治疗肝脏疾病、绦虫感染、巴贝斯虫病和狂犬病。不同社会群体声称使用的药用植物平均数量存在显著差异（<0.05）：老年人、文盲和传统医学从业者报告的药用植物平均数量分别高于年轻人、识字者和一般信息提供者。
本研究表明科法莱区药用植物种类丰富。在未来的植物化学和药理学研究中，应优先考虑FL和ROP值最高以及用于治疗ICF值最高的疾病类别的药用植物。
