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Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, April 2012
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Title
Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District
Published in
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, April 2012
DOI 10.1186/1746-4269-8-14
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Authors

Mainen J Moshi, Donald F Otieno, Anke Weisheit

Abstract

The Kagera region of north western Tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practice. Traditional medicines are the mainstay of healthcare in this region and are known to support the management of many illnesses such as malaria, bacterial infections, epilepsy, gynecological problems and others. However, most of the plants being used have either not been documented or evaluated for safety and efficacy or both. This study, the sixth of an ongoing series, reports on the medicinal plants that are used at Kikuku village, Muleba District.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Tanzania, United Republic of 2 <1%
Uganda 2 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 238 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 38 16%
Student > Bachelor 35 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 13%
Researcher 19 8%
Lecturer 15 6%
Other 37 15%
Unknown 69 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 48 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 32 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 21 9%
Chemistry 13 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 5%
Other 45 18%
Unknown 73 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. 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 25 September 2023.
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#6,067,522
of 24,541,341 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
#202
of 765 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#39,017
of 165,051 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
#6
of 9 outputs
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