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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

Ethnobotanical Documentation, Phytochemical Screening, and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Used to Manage Snakebite Envenomation in Mwingi West Subcounty, Kenya.

Stella Kwamboka Mokua, James Mucunu Mbaria, Timothy Elias Maitho, Gervason Apiri Moriasi

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stella Kwamboka MokuaDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053-00625, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4942-7043
James Mucunu MbariaDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053-00625, Nairobi, Kenya.
Timothy Elias MaithoDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053-00625, Nairobi, Kenya.
Gervason Apiri MoriasiDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Mount Kenya University, P.O. Box 342-01000, Thika, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-9987
University of Nairobi · KEMount Kenya University · KE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Snakebite envenomation (SBE) is a life-threatening global public health problem affecting over 2.7 million persons annually, with a bigger burden lying in the developing world. Despite the successful management of SBE by antivenom therapy in conventional medicine, it is of low efficacy due to the diverse venom composition across snake types, which limits its usefulness. As a result, inhabitants of the sub-Sahara region, where SBE incidence is high, utilise medicinal plants as an alternative remedy for SBE. However, most plants have not been ethnobotanically documented and validated empirically and hence this study is needed. An ethnobotanical survey to document medicinal plants used to manage SBE in Migwani ward, Mwingi West Subcounty, Kitui County, was conducted between January and February, 2021. Ethnobotanical data were collected from 45 purposefully sampled respondents from Migwani ward using semistructured questionnaires, field walks, and oral interviews. In this study, 14 medicinal plants which are used to manage SBE were documented. Four plants with the highest Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC) (

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