| ethnomedicinal study of plants used for human ailments in ankober district, north shewa zone, amhara region, ethiopia. | ankober district has long been inhabited by people who have a long tradition of using medicinal plants to treat human ailments. overexploitation of medicinal plants coupled with an ever-increasing population growth, deforestation and agricultural land expansion threatens plants in the area. hence, this study aimed at documenting and analyzing the plant-based ethnomedicinal knowledge of the people in order to preserve the dwindling indigenous knowledge. | 2013 | 23984919 |