Publications by authors named "Woretaw Sisay"

Introduction: In Ethiopia, traditionally, the leaves of have been utilized to treat peptic ulcer disease. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to examine the antiulcer activity of hydromethanolic leaf extract and solvent fractions in rats.

Methods: The ulcer-healing potential of the crude test extract was assessed in rats by adopting pyloric ligation-, acidified ethanol-, and acetic acid-induced ulcer methods; while, in solvent fractions, the acidified ethanol-induced ulcer model was used.

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Background: Natural products have been utilized by human beings for thousands of years to relieve a variety of ailments, including diarrhea. Conventional antidiarrheal drugs are associated with multiple adverse effects and contraindications. Traditionally, crushing the root, mix with water and then drunk the juice is extensively used for treating diarrhea.

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Background: Conventional antidiabetic drugs are linked with a number of contraindications and untoward effects. The root decoction of L. has traditionally been used to treat diabetes.

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Background: Diabetes, especially type-II, prevailed despite recent medical advances. An edible (GL) seed is sold in Ethiopian traditional market such as 'Merkato' and used in folkloric medicine to treat diabetes. But to date not scientifically proven in this optic.

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Many endoparasites are still considered neglected tropical illnesses. The term "endoparasites" refers to infections caused by both helminths and protozoa. In many places in Ethiopia, particularly Debre Tabor, epidemiological data on the prevalence and associated variables of endoparasites among under-five children is unavailable.

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Background: Despite modern therapeutic armamentariums, malaria remains a 21st century public health menace. The issue of combating malaria is the ever-growing resistance to high-tech medications in which novel phytomedicines are highly demanding, a rapidly expanding research avenue. In Ethiopian folklore medicine, has been used to treat malaria by drinking its juice after the dry roots have been mashed and combined with water.

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Background: Despite modern therapeutic armamentaria, DM remains a 21st-century public health menace. Novel phytomedicines are a rapidly expanding focus of research. The juice of roots has long been used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus in traditional Ethiopian medicine, but its efficacy has not been supported by in vitro or in vivo scientific study.

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Introduction: By measuring patients' satisfaction, providers can gain insight into several elements of health care services, including the effectiveness of their care and the level of empathy they exhibit. The aim of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services and associated factors in public hospitals located in Northwestern Ethiopia.

Methods: An institution-based quantitative cross-sectional study was used.

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Background: has been used for the treatment of peptic ulcer disease in Ethiopian folkloric medicine by drinking its juice after boiling the semicrushed leaf. To our latest understanding, no study was available regarding its antiulcer activity. The present study was done to appraise the ulcer-protective and ulcer healing activity of hydromethanolic crude extract of leaf of in rats.

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