Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study

Ethnopharmacological relevance We studied traditional medicinal plant knowledge among the Karen in northern Thailand. Aim of the study To compare traditional medicinal knowledge in 14 Karen villages in northern Thailand and determine culturally important medicinal plant species in each Karen village...

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Main Authors: Kornkanok Tangjitman, Chalobol Wongsawad, Piyawan Winijchaiyanan, Treetip Sukkho, Kaweesin Kamwong, Wittaya Pongamornkul, Chusie Trisonthi
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Published: 2018
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-475612018-04-25T08:41:24Z Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study Kornkanok Tangjitman Chalobol Wongsawad Piyawan Winijchaiyanan Treetip Sukkho Kaweesin Kamwong Wittaya Pongamornkul Chusie Trisonthi Ethnopharmacological relevance We studied traditional medicinal plant knowledge among the Karen in northern Thailand. Aim of the study To compare traditional medicinal knowledge in 14 Karen villages in northern Thailand and determine culturally important medicinal plant species in each Karen village. Materials and methods We interviewed 14 key informants and 438 non-specialist informants about their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants. We tested normality of the data and correlations with distance to the nearest city using Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Cluster analysis and cultural importance index (CI) were calculated for the similarity of medicinal plant used and culturally importance medicinal plant species among Karen villages respectively. Results In total 379 medicinal plant species were used. Number of medicinal plants used positively correlate with distance to the nearest city. Relatively low similarities of medicinal plant species and different CI values for species among the different areas were found. Conclusions Traditional medicinal plants still play an important role in medicinal practice of the Karen. Local environments, availability of medicinal plant and distance between Karen villages and the nearest city affect the amount of traditional medicinal knowledge in each Karen village. The medicinal plants in this study with high CI values might give some useful leads for further biomedical research. © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. 2018-04-25T08:41:24Z 2018-04-25T08:41:24Z 2013-10-28 Journal 18727573 03788741 2-s2.0-84885435064 10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.037 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84885435064&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/47561
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description Ethnopharmacological relevance We studied traditional medicinal plant knowledge among the Karen in northern Thailand. Aim of the study To compare traditional medicinal knowledge in 14 Karen villages in northern Thailand and determine culturally important medicinal plant species in each Karen village. Materials and methods We interviewed 14 key informants and 438 non-specialist informants about their traditional knowledge of medicinal plants. We tested normality of the data and correlations with distance to the nearest city using Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Cluster analysis and cultural importance index (CI) were calculated for the similarity of medicinal plant used and culturally importance medicinal plant species among Karen villages respectively. Results In total 379 medicinal plant species were used. Number of medicinal plants used positively correlate with distance to the nearest city. Relatively low similarities of medicinal plant species and different CI values for species among the different areas were found. Conclusions Traditional medicinal plants still play an important role in medicinal practice of the Karen. Local environments, availability of medicinal plant and distance between Karen villages and the nearest city affect the amount of traditional medicinal knowledge in each Karen village. The medicinal plants in this study with high CI values might give some useful leads for further biomedical research. © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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author Kornkanok Tangjitman
Chalobol Wongsawad
Piyawan Winijchaiyanan
Treetip Sukkho
Kaweesin Kamwong
Wittaya Pongamornkul
Chusie Trisonthi
spellingShingle Kornkanok Tangjitman
Chalobol Wongsawad
Piyawan Winijchaiyanan
Treetip Sukkho
Kaweesin Kamwong
Wittaya Pongamornkul
Chusie Trisonthi
Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study
author_facet Kornkanok Tangjitman
Chalobol Wongsawad
Piyawan Winijchaiyanan
Treetip Sukkho
Kaweesin Kamwong
Wittaya Pongamornkul
Chusie Trisonthi
author_sort Kornkanok Tangjitman
title Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study
title_short Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study
title_full Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study
title_fullStr Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study
title_full_unstemmed Traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the Karen in northern Thailand: A comparative study
title_sort traditional knowledge on medicinal plant of the karen in northern thailand: a comparative study
publishDate 2018
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