Ethnobotanical survey of folk toxic plants in southern part of Jordan

Toxicon

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-129

  Al Qura'n, Saleh ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Active constituents; Ethnobotany; Flok medicine; Toxic plants; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COLOCYNTH; CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ADONIS; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; AGROSTEMMA; ALLIUM NEAPOLITANUM; ALMOND; AMNI MAJUS; ANAGALLIS; ANAGYRIS FOETIDA; ANEMONE CORONARIA; ARUM MACULATUM; ASTRAGALUS HAMOSUS; ATROPA BELLADONA; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BEET; BIARUM STRAUSII; BONGARDIA CHRYSOGONUM; BRASICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA NIGRA; BRYONIA; BRYONIA CRETICA; BUXUS MICROPHYLLA JAPONICA; CALCULATION; CALOTROPIS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHROZOPHORA TINCTORIA; CLIVIA MINIATA; COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE; CONIUM; CONVALLARIA; CORONILLA SCORPIODES; CYPERUS LONGUS; DAPHNE LINEARIFOLIA; DATURA FASTUOSA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DIEFFENBACHIA; ECHALLIUM ELATERIUM; EMINIUM SPICULATUM; EQUISETUM RAMOSSISEMUM; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA; EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA; EUPHORBIA TINCTORIA; FATIGUE; FRAXINUS SYRIACA; GLAUCIUM ALEPPICUM; GLAUCIUM CORNICULATUM; HELIOTROPIUM EUROPEUM; HUMAN; HYOSCYAMUS ALBUS; HYOSCYAMUS AUREUS; HYOSCYAMUS RETICULATUS; HYPERICUM TRIQUETRIFOLIUM; HYSTERIA; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; INFERTILITY; INULA VISCOSE; IPOMOEA PURPUREA; IVY; JORDAN; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LANTANA; LEONTICE LEONTOPETALUM; LIGUSTUM JAPONICUM; LINUM MACRONATUM; LINUM PEYRONII; LINUM PUBESCENS; LINUM USITASSIMUM; LOLIUM TEMULENTUM; LONICERA JAPONICA; LORANTHUS ACACIA; LUPINUS ALBUS; LUPINUS VARIUS; MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM; MELIA AZEDARACH; MERCURIALIS ANNUA; MONSTERA; MYOPORUM LAETUM; NARCISSUS TAZETTA; NERIUM; NEURALGIA; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAPAVER CARMELI; PAPAVER RHOEAS; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PEGANUM HARMALA; PELERGONIUM; PERGULARIA TOMENTOSA; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PISUM SYRIACA; PLANT; PLUMBAGO EUROPAEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERCUS AEGILOPS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS INFECTORIA; RANUNCULUS AQUATICA; RANUNCULUS ASIATICUS; RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM; RHAMNUS PALAESTINUS; RHODENDRON SIMSII; RICINUS COMMUNIS; ROBINIA PSEUDO ACACIA; ROEMERIA HYBRIDA; RUMES DENTATUS; RUMEX VESICARIUS; RUTACEAE; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SEDUM ACRE; SENECIO VERNALIS; SENECIO VULGARIS; SHORT SURVEY; SINAPSIS ALBA; SKIN IRRITATION; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOPHORA JAPONICA; SORGHUM HALEPENSIS; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; STOMACH DISEASE; SUAEDA FRUTICOSA; SYMPTOM; TARAXACUM CYPRIUM; THUJA; TOBACCO; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TRIFOLIUM ARVENSE; TRIFOLIUM BOISSIERI; TULIPA AGENSIS; URGINEA MARITIME; VIOLA ODORATA; VISCUM CRUCIATUM; WATERMELON; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; XANTHIUM;

EID: 22044441360     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.04.010     Document Type: Review

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