Anti-Infectious Plants of The Thai Karen: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Pharmacology has developed many drugs to treat infections, but many people, especially in developing countries, cannot afford to purchase them, and still depend on traditional knowledge and local medicinal plants to fight off infections. In addition, numerous microbes have developed resistance to the pharmaceutical drugs developed to fight them, and for many, such as Covid-19, effective drugs remain to be found. Ethnomedicinal knowledge is useful, not only for local people as a source of medicine for primary health care, but also for new pharmacological discoveries. This study aimed to identify the plants that the Karen, the largest hill-tribe ethnic minority in northern and western Thailand, use for treatments of infectious diseases. We present a meta-analysis of data from 16 ethnobotanic

SUBMITTER: Phumthum M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7345792 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature