Comparative Study on the Medicinal Plants Most Recommended by Traditional Practitioners in Morocco and Canada

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 25-45

  Haddad, Pierre S ^a   Depot, Michelle ^a   Settaf, Abdellatif ^b   Chabli, Allal ^a,c   Cherrah, Yahia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Ecole Normale Superieure Marrakech   (Morocco)

^d Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Herbal remedies; Herbalist; Naturopath; Therapeutic indications; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; VALERIAN;

MEDICINAL PLANT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUGHING; CUMIN; DANDELION; DRUG INDICATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINKGO BILOBA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INFLUENZA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAVANDER; LINDEN; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROSEMARY; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYRIAN RUE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WHITE MUGWORT;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANTHEMIS; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; CIRSIUM; CUMINUM CYMINUM; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PEGANUM HARMALA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; RUTA; SILYBUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM; VALERIANA;

EID: 0142219840     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v10n03_04     Document Type: Article

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