Medicinal plants sold at traditional markets in southern Ecuador

Table 3 Medical categories and Factor of Informant Consensus among vendors of traditional markets at Loja province

N^o	Medical category^a	Number of medicinal plant species	Percentage of all medicinal plant species	Use citations bymarket vendor	Percentage of all use citations	FIC^b
1	Digestive system	37	21.89	437	12.31	0.92
2	Dermatological system	16	9.47	186	5.24	0.92
3	Sensorial system	4	2.37	39	1.10	0.92
4	Culture-bound syndromes	34	20.12	359	10.11	0.91
5	Nervous system	20	11.83	215	6.05	0.91
6	Respiratory system	29	17.16	321	9.04	0.91
7	Genitourinary system	29	17.16	313	8.81	0.91
8	Circulatory system	16	9.47	123	3.46	0.88
9	General disorders	46	27.22	352	9.91	0.87
10	Gynecological system	28	16.57	180	5.07	0.85
11	Musculoskeletal system	13	7.69	71	2.00	0.83
12	Hormonal system	7	4.14	33	0.93	0.81

^aThe medical categories were adapted from International Classification of Diseases catalogue provided by World Health Organization and applied to group 160 medicinal plant species sold at 33 traditional markets within the Loja province, southern Ecuador
^b FIC Factor of Informant Consensus

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