Beressa Tamirat Bekele, Gadisa Diriba Alemayehu, Mammo Siraj, Umeta Gurmu Tesfaye, Meskele Lemma Bose, Gudeta Biruk Mosisa, Taye Getu Melesie
Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Science, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
Front Pharmacol. 2024 Jul 19;15:1369480. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1369480. eCollection 2024.
Plants have formed the basis of traditional medicine (TM) systems, which have been used for thousands of years. According to reports, one-quarter of the commonly used medicines contain compounds isolated from plants. This study aims to identify and document the plants for ethno-pharmacological use by the indigenous communities of West Shoa Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia. The cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2020 to November 2021 in West Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. The ethnobotanical data was collected from Ejere District, Ada Berga District, Dandi District, Ambo District, Ambo Town, Toke Kutaye District, and Bako Tibe District. A descriptive statistical method (percentage and/or frequency) was employed to summarize ethnobotanical data. Moreover, the informant consensus factor was computed. Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software (Microsoft Corporation, 2016) and SPSS (version 25) were used to organize and analyze the data. In the study area, a total of 51 families of medicinal plants with 108 Species were identified. Fabaceae 8 species, Asteraceae, Solanaceae and Lamiaceae each with 6 species and Cucurubitacieae 5 species were the frequently reported medicinal plants. The leaf (57.2%) was the most widely used medicinal plant parts, and oral administration (56.5%) was the most cited route of administration. In the present study, most of the medicinal plants were used fresh, which was (75%) and the most common disease the healers treated was gastrointestinal disease, followed by skin disease and febrile illness. The major threat to medicinal plants in the study area was agricultural expansion, which was reported by 30.6% of the respondents. The study area was rich in medicinal plants, Fabaceae which commonly used family. Most of the medication prepared by the traditional healers was taken orally and derived from the leaf part of the medicinal plant. Since this research is a preliminary study which will be used as a base for further study. The efficacy and safety of the medicinal plant claim should be studied in the future.
植物构成了传统医学体系的基础，这些体系已经被使用了数千年。据报道，四分之一的常用药物含有从植物中分离出来的化合物。本研究旨在识别和记录埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚地区西绍阿_zone的土著社区用于民族药理学的植物。横断面研究于2020年11月至2021年11月在埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚地区的西谢瓦_zone进行。民族植物学数据从埃杰雷区、阿达贝加区、丹迪区、安博区、安博镇、托克库塔耶区和巴科蒂贝区收集。采用描述性统计方法（百分比和/或频率）来总结民族植物学数据。此外，还计算了 informant共识因子。使用微软Excel电子表格软件（微软公司，2016年）和SPSS（版本25）来组织和分析数据。在研究区域，共识别出51个药用植物科，108种。豆科8种，菊科、茄科和唇形科各6种，葫芦科5种是报告频率较高的药用植物。叶（57.2%）是使用最广泛的药用植物部位，口服给药（56.5%）是最常提及的给药途径。在本研究中，大多数药用植物是新鲜使用的，占75%，治疗师治疗的最常见疾病是胃肠道疾病，其次是皮肤病和发热性疾病。研究区域内药用植物面临的主要威胁是农业扩张，30.6%的受访者报告了这一点。研究区域药用植物丰富，豆科是常用科。传统治疗师配制的大多数药物是口服的，并且来源于药用植物的叶部。由于本研究是一项初步研究，将作为进一步研究的基础。未来应研究药用植物声称的疗效和安全性。
