An ethnomedicinal survey and documentation of important medicinal folklore food phytonims of flora of Samahni valley, (Azad Kashmir) Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2241-2256

  Ishtiaq, Muhammad ^a   Hanif, Wajahat ^b   Khan, M A ^a   Ashraf, M ^b   Butt, Ansar M ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Azad Kashmir; Ethnobotany; Folk phytotherapy; Food medicines; Medicinal plants; Pakistan; Samahni valley

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; BRASSICACEAE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA BALSAMINA; PAPILIONOIDEAE; PHOENIX SYLVESTRIS; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PISUM SATIVUM; POACEAE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; ROSACEAE; SATIVUM; SISYMBRIUM IRIO; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; VARIOLA VIRUS; VERONICA; WITHANIA; WITHANIA COAGULANS;

EID: 34447297817     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2241.2256     Document Type: Article

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