Quality and Harvesting Specifications of Some Medicinal Plant Parts Set Up By Some Herbalists in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Authors

Y. Ameyaw et al., Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, Mampong-Akuapem, Ghana

Abstract

An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in some districts namely, Akuapem North and South, Kwahu South and the Afram Plains of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The research was to investigate the quality standards and harvesting procedures of some medicinal plant parts used in herbal preparations by herbalists in the region. The results indicate that quality standards such as specified plant parts, size specification, quality specification, specified packaging, good storage to prevent dust, growth of mould and other foreign matter were strictly implemented as required by Herbalists or Traditional Medical Practitioners in the region.

Recommended Citation

Ameyaw, Y. et al. (2005) "Quality and Harvesting Specifications of Some Medicinal Plant Parts Set Up By Some Herbalists in the Eastern Region of Ghana," Ethnobotanical Leaflets: Vol. 2005: Iss. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ebl/vol2005/iss1/8