| dc.contributor.author | Johns, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kokwaro, J O | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kimanani, E K | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-03T14:48:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-03T14:48:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Economic Botany September 1990, Volume 44, Issue 3, pp 369-381 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03183922 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/28824 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Data based on independent interviews with 45 herbalists of the Luo of Siaya District, Kenya, comprised 1129 remedy reports and related to 330 species of plants. While 49% of the remedies were encountered only once we list here 66 remedies (49 taxa) that were confirmed through independent reports from three or more individuals. A log-linear model was applied to these data in order to establish criteria for evaluating the likely efficacy of specific remedies. A quantitative interaction effect was calculated for each remedy as a measure of its degree of confirmation. The validity of the values derived from the mathematical model is considered in relation to classical criteria for evaluating ethnomedicinal reports. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Herbal remedies of the Luo of Siaya District, Kenya: Establishing quantitative criteria for consensus | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
