By:Oyedeji-Amusa, MO (Oyedeji-Amusa, Mariam O.)[
1 ]
; Ojuromi, OT (Ojuromi, Oladele T.)[
1 ]
; Ashafa, AO (Ashafa, Anofi O.)[
1 ]
TROPICAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
Volume:
15
Issue:
8
Pages:
1807-1813
DOI:
10.4314/tjpr.v15i8.30
Published:
AUG 2016
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the ethnoveterinary uses of cow by-products from Nigeria and South Africa.
Methods: A field survey was conducted from January to September, 2015 by conducting interviews with 110 respondents who provided information in respect of the use of cow urine, bile and dung in their folk medicine in Nigeria and South Africa.
Results: Most respondents opined that urine therapy is effective in treating convulsion (50 %), viral infections (29.2 %), and rheumatic arthritis (14.6 %) in Nigeria. In South Africa respondents are of the view that urine is highly effective (28.6 %) in treating diarrhoea while 14.3 % stated that urine can treat fever, sore throat, skin infections. Bile is commonly used in treating general body pain and high blood pressure in Nigeria and used for skin burns in South Africa. Cow dung is specifically used in both countries as pesticides, fertilizers, anti-toxins and treating skin infections. This study documents the ethnoveterinary uses of B. taurus by-products by traditional practitioners in Nigeria and South Africa.
Conclusion: There is need for further studies to validate the therapeutic potential of these products with regards to each of the ailments listed and isolation of the bioactive compounds in African species of B. taurus by-products.
Methods: A field survey was conducted from January to September, 2015 by conducting interviews with 110 respondents who provided information in respect of the use of cow urine, bile and dung in their folk medicine in Nigeria and South Africa.
Results: Most respondents opined that urine therapy is effective in treating convulsion (50 %), viral infections (29.2 %), and rheumatic arthritis (14.6 %) in Nigeria. In South Africa respondents are of the view that urine is highly effective (28.6 %) in treating diarrhoea while 14.3 % stated that urine can treat fever, sore throat, skin infections. Bile is commonly used in treating general body pain and high blood pressure in Nigeria and used for skin burns in South Africa. Cow dung is specifically used in both countries as pesticides, fertilizers, anti-toxins and treating skin infections. This study documents the ethnoveterinary uses of B. taurus by-products by traditional practitioners in Nigeria and South Africa.
Conclusion: There is need for further studies to validate the therapeutic potential of these products with regards to each of the ailments listed and isolation of the bioactive compounds in African species of B. taurus by-products.
Keywords
Author Keywords:Ethnoveterinary; Urine; Bile; Dung; Bos taurus; Tradomedical; Folk medicine; Field survey
KeyWords Plus:TRADITIONAL MEDICINES
Author Information
Reprint Address:
Ashafa, AO (reprint author)
 | Univ Free State, Phytomed & Phytopharmacol Res Grp, Dept Plant Sci, Qwaqwa Campus,Private Bag X13, ZA-9866 Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa. |
Addresses:
| [ 1 ] Univ Free State, Phytomed & Phytopharmacol Res Grp, Dept Plant Sci, Qwaqwa Campus,Private Bag X13, ZA-9866 Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa |
E-mail Addresses:ashafaat@ufs.ac.za
Publisher
PHARMACOTHERAPY GROUP, UNIV BENIN, FACULTY PHARMACY, BENIN CITY, 00000, NIGERIA
Categories / Classification
Research Areas:Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Web of Science Categories:Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Document Information
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Accession Number:
WOS:000386951000030
ISSN:
1596-5996
Other Information
IDS Number:
EA9GR
Cited References in Web of Science Core Collection:
30
Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection:
0
