Medicinal plants used in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, western Uganda

dc.contributor.authorKamatenesi-Mugisha, Maud
dc.contributor.authorOryem-Origa, Hannington
dc.contributor.authorOdyek, Olwa
dc.contributor.authorMakawiti, Dominic W.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-13T07:42:38Z
dc.date.available2022-06-13T07:42:38Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionBacterial and fungal infections are prevalence and the sexually transmitted diseases including HIV⁄AIDS.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Uganda, bacterial and fungal infections are prevalent especially, the sexually transmitted diseases including HIV⁄AIDS. Because of low socio-economic empowerment,traditional beliefs and cultural barriers, the suffering people resort to use of herbal remedies in search of cure especially for rural women who rarely discuss ⁄ disclose diseases affecting secretive body parts. The study documented 67 medicinal plants distributed among 27 families and 51 genera used to treat fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve in western Uganda. The highest numbers of species were from Families Lamiaceae (13) and Asteraceae (11). The most commonly harvested plant parts were leaves (88.1%) and roots (23.9%). The most common growth form harvested were herbs (47.8%) and most of the medicinal plants used were wild species (67.2%). The main methods of herbal drug preparation were by squeezing, boiling and pounding and were mainly orally administered. However, most of the steamed plant species were inserted in the birth canal besides oral administration. Some plants such as Allium sativum, Aloe vera and Ocimum gratissimum are topically applied on the affected body parts. This vital indigenous knowledge about healing secretive and discrete diseases among the marginalized population requires urgent ethnobotanical studies to sustain livelihoods.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThird World Organization for Women in Sciences (TWOWS), NUFU Medicinal Plants Project, Department of Botany, Makerere University through Prof. Kare Lye of UMB University in Norway,en_US
dc.identifier.citationKamatenesi-Mugisha, Maud et-al (2008)Medicina Plants used in treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth N.P in Uganda,Blackwell Publishing Ltd,doi:10.1017/S0022149X08971996en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.bsu.ac.ug//handle/20.500.12284/337
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.subjectBacterialen_US
dc.subjectFungalen_US
dc.subjectHealth care,en_US
dc.subjectMedicinal plantsen_US
dc.titleMedicinal plants used in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, western Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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