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Ethnobotanical Survey Of Medicinal Plants Used In The Management Of Cancer In Uganda, John Baptist Asiimwe, Prakash B. Nagendrappa, Esther C. Atukunda, Ivan Kahwa, Lina S. Mathew Alonga, Clement O. Ajayi, Casim U. Tolo, Patrick E. Ogwang, Maud M. Kamatenesi
Ethnobotanical Survey Of Medicinal Plants Used In The Management Of Cancer In Uganda, John Baptist Asiimwe, Prakash B. Nagendrappa, Esther C. Atukunda, Ivan Kahwa, Lina S. Mathew Alonga, Clement O. Ajayi, Casim U. Tolo, Patrick E. Ogwang, Maud M. Kamatenesi
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Introduction: Patients with cancer in Africa embrace the use of herbal medicine more than anywhere else in the world. This study identified and documented medicinal plant species used to manage cancer in ten (10) districts of Uganda.
Methods: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted between October 2021 and January 2022. In total, 18 (out of 55) traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) having more than 10 years of experience in managing patients with cancer were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire.
Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The Relative frequency of citation (RFC) and Family importance value (FIV) indices were also computed. …