August 2018

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local people in Menz Gera Midir District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

This study was conducted in Menz Gera Midir (Ethiopia) to document medicinal plants and related indigenous knowledge of local people. Data were collected from 72 (12 of them key) informants using semi-structured interview, group discussion and guided field walk. Priority ranking, paired comparison and direct matrix ranking were used in data analysis. A total of 155 medicinal plant species, 104 (67.1%) from natural...

Author(s): Seble W. Yohannis, Zemede Asfaw and Ensermu Kelbessa  

August 2018

Evaluating the antipyretic activities of aqueous and ethanol extracts of leaves of Artemisia Annua in mice

Phytomedicines obtained from herbal sources are in great demand as they are able to cure many infectious diseases. Artemisia annua is an herbaceous plant that belongs to Composite family. As traditional medicine, it is used for cancer, ulcer, rheumatic pain and other ailments including fever in children. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antipyretic activities of the aqueous and ethanol extracts of...

Author(s): Kassahun Dires Ayenew and Teklit Baraki Kebede