Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the people of Mosop, Nandi County in Kenya.

ABSTRACT: Background: Throughout the history, nature has provided mankind with most of their basic needs, which include food, shelter, medicine, clothes, flavours, scents as well as raw materials. Given that they are an integral part of cultural heritage, medicinal plants have played a significant role in human healthcare systems around the world. Investigating various biological resources for use as medicines requires ethnomedicinal studies. Methods: Data on utilization of ethnomedicinal plants from local healers in Kenya's Mosop Sub-County in Nandi County was documented through open-ended, semi-structured questionnaires. A number of quantitative indices, such as the Use Citation (UC), Informant Consensus Factor (ICF), Use Value (UV), Frequency of Citation (FoC) and Relative Frequency

SUBMITTER: Maiyo ZC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10834697 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature