J Ethnopharmacol. 2003 Jan; 84(1): 57-78.

Traditional herbal drugs of Southern Uganda, II: literature analysis and antimicrobial assays.

Hamill FA, Apio S, Mubiru NK, Bukenya-Ziraba R, Mosango M, Maganyi OW, Soejarto DD.

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, Department of Virology and Immunology, PO Box 760549, San Antonio, TX 78245-0549, USA. ahamill@sbr.org

Continuing field interviews brought the total species used for disease treatment by herbalists of the majority Baganda Tribe of southern Uganda to 168. Literature searches provided support for the ethnomedical claims for a number of these species, and provided criteria for the species classification into four categories of use validation. They also helped guide the selection of species for recollection, for chemical extraction and further testing in laboratories of the Uganda Ministry of Health and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Many species proved active against microorganisms in several susceptibility assays conducted in Uganda and the US.Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.