Nuro Geritu, Tolossa Ketema, Arage Mahlet, Giday Mirutse
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Front Pharmacol. 2024 Sep 19;15:1455126. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1455126. eCollection 2024.
Medicinal plants are commonly employed mainly due their accessibility, affordability and potency. However, medicinal plants and the associated knowledge are disappearing at an alarming rate due to natural and anthropogenic causes and thus a need for their proper documentation conservation. This study was performed to document traditional knowledge related to use of medicinal plants in Heban-Arsi district, West-Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.
Interviews were conducted with 185 informants to identify medicinal plants used in traditional therapies in the study area. Informant consensus factor (ICF), rank order priority (ROP) values were computed, and preference ranking exercises were performed to assess the relative importance of medicinal plants. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to measure and compare medicinal plants knowledge between social groups.
A total of 120 medicinal plants were identified for being used to treat different human and animal illnesses in the study area. Most of the medicinal plants (76.4%) were uncultivated ones obtained from different habitats. Leaf was the most frequently used plant part constituting 62.6% of preparations. Oral was the most commonly used route of remedy administration (46%) in treating diseases. Gastrointestinal ailments category had the highest ICF value (0.83). In the study area, the highest rank order priority (ROP) values were recorded for (J.F. Gmel.), L., (L.) Del., Klotzsch) Engl., Burm. f, L. and sp. for their uses against snake poison, tuberculosis, liver disorder, stomachache, tuberculosis, febrile illness and liver disorder, respectively, each scoring a value of 100. Significant differences in medicinal plant use knowledge were recorded between male and female informants of different educational level, age and experience. Anthropogenic factors were the primary threats to medicinal plants in the area.
The study area was found to be rich in medicinal plants that are useful in treating a wide range of human and animal illnesses. In future pharmacological and phytochemical investigations, priority needs to be given to medicinal plants of the highest ROP values and those that were reported against ailment categories scoring the highest ICF values.
药用植物因其易获取、价格亲民且药效显著而被广泛使用。然而，由于自然和人为因素，药用植物及其相关知识正以惊人的速度消失，因此需要对其进行妥善记录和保护。本研究旨在记录埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚州西阿西地区赫班 - 阿尔西区与药用植物使用相关的传统知识。
与185名信息提供者进行访谈，以确定研究区域传统疗法中使用的药用植物。计算信息提供者共识因子（ICF）、排序优先级（ROP）值，并进行偏好排序练习，以评估药用植物的相对重要性。使用描述性和推断性统计来衡量和比较不同社会群体之间的药用植物知识。
共确定了120种药用植物用于治疗研究区域内不同的人类和动物疾病。大多数药用植物（76.4%）是从不同栖息地获取的野生植物。叶子是最常使用的植物部位，占制剂的62.6%。口服是治疗疾病时最常用的给药途径（46%）。胃肠道疾病类别具有最高的ICF值（0.83）。在研究区域，（J.F. 格梅尔）、 L.、 （L.）德尔、 克洛茨施）恩格尔、 缅甸 f、 L. 和 种分别因其对蛇毒、肺结核、肝脏疾病、胃痛、肺结核、发热性疾病和肝脏疾病的治疗用途而获得最高的排序优先级（ROP）值，每个得分均为100。不同教育水平、年龄和经验的男性和女性信息提供者在药用植物使用知识方面存在显著差异。人为因素是该地区药用植物面临的主要威胁。
研究区域发现富含可用于治疗多种人类和动物疾病的药用植物。在未来的药理学和植物化学研究中，需要优先关注ROP值最高的药用植物以及针对ICF值最高的疾病类别所报告的药用植物。
