Ethnopharmacological survey of wild medicinal plants in Showbak, Jordan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-50

  Al Qura'n, S ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; RUTA CHALEPENSIS EXTRACT; SQUILL;

ACHILLEA; ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS VENERIS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; CALOTROPIS; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CLEMATIS RECTA; COLOCYNTH; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA; EUPHORBIA TINCTORIA; GLAUCIUM CORNICULATUM; HERNIARIA HIRSUTA; HYOSCYAMUS; HYOSCYAMUS AUREUS; JORDAN; MALVA NEGLECTA; MANDRAGORA; MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RICINUS COMMUNIS; ROSEMARY; SALVIA TRILOBA; SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSA; SOLANUM NIGRUM; THYMBRA CAPITATA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

JORDAN; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AARONSOHNIA FACTOROVSKYI; ACHILLEA SANTOLINA; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CLEMATIS RECTA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA; GLAUCIUM CORNICULATUM; HERNIARIA HIRSUTA; HYOSCYAMUS; MALVA NEGLECTA; MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; RICINUS COMMUNIS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; RUTA CHALEPENSIS; SALVIA TRILOBA; SARCOPOTERIUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; THYMBRA CAPITATA; URGINEA MARITIMA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 64249109576     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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