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| Title |
A study of the medicinal plants used by the Marakwet Community in Kenya
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-10-24 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Wilson Kipkore, Bernard Wanjohi, Hillary Rono, Gabriel Kigen |
| Abstract |
The medicinal plants used by herbalists in Kenya have not been well documented, despite their widespread use. The threat of complete disappearance of the knowledge on herbal medicine from factors such as deforestation, lack of proper regulation, overexploitation and sociocultural issues warrants an urgent need to document the information. The purpose of the study was to document information on medicinal plants used by herbalists in Marakwet District towards the utilization of indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge for the advancement of biomedical research and development. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 266 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 1 | <1% |
| Iraq | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 262 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 51 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 12% |
| Researcher | 26 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 41 | 15% |
| Unknown | 72 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 39 | 15% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 27 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 64 | 24% |
| Unknown | 78 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2017.
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#6,402,843
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#234
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#62,174
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#8
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So far Altmetric has tracked 732 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its peers.
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