Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal herbs in Jordan, the Ajloun Heights region

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-304

  Aburjai, Talal ^a   Hudaib, Mohammad ^a   Tayyem, Rabab ^a   Yousef, Mohammed ^b   Qishawi, Maher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Ajloun; Ethnopharmacology; ICF; Jordan; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CROCUS HYEMALIS EXTRACT; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLEA FALCATA; ARTICLE; CITRULLUS COLCYNTHIS; CROCUS; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA HIEROSOLYMITANA; GARLIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JORDAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJORANA SYRIACA; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS; MARRICARIA AUREA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICINE, ARABIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ACHILLEA FALCATA; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CROCUS; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; EUPHORBIA; MAJORANA; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS; MATRICARIA AUREA;

EID: 33847166079     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.09.031     Document Type: Article

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