Research Article

A Quantitative Documentation of the Composition of Two Powdered Herbal Formulations (Antimalarial and Haematinic) Using Ethnomedicinal Information from Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Table 2

Similarity matrix based on correlation coefficients of data collected from antimalarial herbal remedy outlets in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

OT1OT2OT3OT4OT5OT6OT7OT8OT9OT10OT11OT12OT13OT14

OT11
OT20.844**1
OT30.737*0.978**1
OT40.806*0.991**0.978**1
OT50.733*0.978**1.00**0.977**1
OT60.815*0.984**0.968**0.991**0.968**1
OT70.796*0.993**0.991**0.992**0.991**0.986**1
OT80.676*0.949**0.959**0.977**0.959**0.958**0.962**1
OT90.764*0.979**0.995**0.970**0.944**0.958**0.988**0.937**1
OT100.727*0.979**0.992**0.987**0.993**0.976**0.989**0.979**0.981**1
OT110.481ns0.835**0.886**0.876**0.884**0.821**0.958**0.936**0.866**0.906**1
OT120.671*0.948**0.969**0.875**0.970**0.970**0.965**0.987**0.944**0.987**0.911**1
OT130.789*0.992**0.991**0.986**0.992**0.980**0.996**0.958**0.989**0.985**0.853**0.958**1
OT140.923*0.949**0.890**0.935**0.886**0.916**0.992**0.872**0.899**0.883**0.743**0.842**0.926**1

 **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tail); *significant at the 0.05 level (2-tail); ns: not significant; OT1, OT2, OT3,…, OT14: antimalarial herbal remedy outlets 1 to 14 used for the study.