An account of the botanical anthelmintics used in traditional veterinary practices in Sahiwal district of Punjab, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Hussain, Altaf ^a   Khan, Muhammad Nisar ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Sajid, Muhammad Sohail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintics; Ethnobotanical; Ethnoveterinary; Pakistan; Sahiwal

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA LEBBECK EXTRACT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEA EXTRACT; BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS EXTRACT; CAPPARIS DECIDUA EXTRACT; CAPSICUM ANNUUM EXTRACT; COCOS NUCIFERA EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; CUCUMIS MELO EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; DIGERA MURICATA EXTRACT; ERUCA SATIVA EXTRACT; FERULA ASSAFOETIDA EXTRACT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; HERPESTIS MONNIERA EXTRACT; LAGENARIA SICERARIA EXTRACT; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; MEDICAGO SATIVA EXTRACT; MUSA PARADISIACA EXTRACT; NICOTIANA TABACUM EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PRUNUS PERSICA EXTRACT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BAMBUSA; BARK; BRASSICACEAE; CAPPARIS; CHINESE CABBAGE; CLOVE; COCONUT; CONVOLVULUS; CORIANDER; CUSCUTA; DIGERA MURICATA; ERUCA SATIVA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA; FENNEL; GARLIC; HELMINTHIASIS; HERPESTIS MONNIERA; JUJUBE; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MALLOTUS PHILIPPINENSIS; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSA PARADISIACA; ONION; PAKISTAN; PEPPER; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRUNUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHIZOME; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RURAL AREA; SOLANUM; TAMARIX APHYLLA; TOBACCO; TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM; TRIBULUS TERESTRIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 49149129669     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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