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Medicinal Plants used during Antenatal Care by Pregnant Women in Eastern Uganda
(JOSTOR, 2017-04-21)
Plants are commonly used during the antenatal stage in pregnancy to manage different ailments in Africa. In Uganda, both medicinal and food plants are used to handle common pregnancy related conditions. An ethnobotanical ...
Oral acute toxicity study of selected botanical pesticide plants used by subsistence farmers around the Lake Victoria Basin
(Academic Journals, 2013-02-10)
A survey carried out around the Lake Victoria region showed evidence that people around this region use plant extracts, parts and powders to protect stored food commodities from insect pests. The widely used plants were ...
Medicinal plants used to induce labour during childbirth in western Uganda
(Elsevier, 2006-06-07)
Traditional medicine usage in rural Ugandan population for day-to-day health care needs is close to 90%. Women and children form the bulk of the people reliant on herbal medicine. This study was undertaken to document how ...
Medicinal plant species used in the treatment of skin diseases in Katabi Sub- County, Wakiso District, Uganda
(Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2014-06-23)
Background: The use of medicinal plants in primary healthcare is central among rural communities in Uganda due to the expensive and often inaccessible conventional healthcare. Skin diseases pose a serious health risk given ...
PROXIMATE NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF SOME WILD EDIBLE MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM UGANDA
(African Scholarly Science Trust, 2017-07)
There are high levels of malnutrition especially among children in Africa. In Uganda,
this is compounded by widespread food insecurity. There are various wild edible plant
species in Uganda. However, little research ...
Dating Stress, Depression and Anxiety Symptoms
(International Journal of Public Health and Safety, 2020)
Introduction: Worldwide, dating related stress and its impact on mental health among students has turned out to be of public health concern. However, research on this
phenomenon in low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) ...
Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
(Elsevier, 2021-04-28)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: The study was done to establish medicinal plants used in the treatment
of various diseases by the people in the Northern sector of Kibale National Park in western Uganda. It
was also aimed ...