Regression analyses of southern African ethnomedicinal plants: informing the targeted selection of bioprospecting and pharmacological screening subjects

• Published in: Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 119; no. 3; pp. 356 - 364
• Main Authors: Douwes, E., Crouch, N.R., Edwards, T.J., Mulholland, D.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 28.10.2008; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier
• Subjects: Africa, Southern; Animals; bioactive properties; bioassays; Bioprospecting; chemistry; classification; data analysis; Databases, Factual; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical - statistics & numerical data; ethnobotany; Ethnomedicinal plant selection; flora; fractionation; Humans; indigenous knowledge; Least-Squares Analysis; medicinal plants; medicinal properties; Medicine, African Traditional; Models, Statistical; plant architecture; plant biochemistry; plant exploration and collection; Plants, Medicinal; Plants, Medicinal - chemistry; Plants, Medicinal - classification; Regression analyses; Regression Analysis; South Africa; Southern Africa; statistics & numerical data; Southern Africa; Africa, Southern; South Africa; Bioprospecting; Southern Africa; Ethnomedicinal plant selection; Regression analyses

Regression analyses of local medicinal floras are considered potentially useful when prioritising candidate plant taxa for pharmacological/bioprospecting investigations. To identify plant orders and subsequently families within the highly diverse ethnomedicinal flora of southern Africa, towards whic...