Anti-giardial activity of gastrointestinal remedies of the Luo of east Africa
dc.contributor.author | Johns, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Faubert, GM | |
dc.contributor.author | Kokwaro, JO | |
dc.contributor.author | Mahunnah, RJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Kimanani, EK | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-06T09:39:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-06T09:39:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | J Ethnopharmacol. 1995 Apr;46(1):17-23. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7475119 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29123 | |
dc.description.abstract | Activity in an in vitro assay with Giardia lamblia provided a test of the validity of a quantitative methodology used in an ethnobotanical survey of the Luo people of the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya and Tanzania. Forty-five taxa of remedies for gastrointestinal problems were reported by four or more independent informants and a log-linear model was used to calculate a statistical measure of informant consensus. Methanolic extracts of 21 of 36 taxa assayed were lethal or inhibited growth of Giardia trophozoites at 1000 ppm; 7 species were lethal at 500 ppm. Non-cathartic species are more likely to be active than cathartics. Lethal species of non-cathartics are reported by informants more frequently than non-lethal species although the lack of statistical significance did not provide satisfactory support for the validity of the quantitative methodology as a predictor of efficacious remedies | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.title | Anti-giardial activity of gastrointestinal remedies of the Luo of east Africa | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Botany | en |
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