Assessment of herbal products and their composite medicinal plants through proximate and micronutrients analyses

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1072-1077

  Hussain, Javid ^a   Khan, Abdul Latif ^a,b   Ur Rehman, Najeeb ^a   Hamayun, Muhammad ^b   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^c   Ullah, Wasi ^a   Lee, In Jung ^b  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Herbal drugs; Medicinal plants; Pakistan; Proximate and micro nutrient analysis; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COBALT; COPPER; FAT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRON; ITREEFUL USTOKHUDUS; LEAD; MUSSAFEEN; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHIRATA; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; ENERGY; FUMARIA OFFCINALIS; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZADIRACHTA; PLANT FIBER; POLYPODIUM VULGARE; SPHAERANTHUS HIRTUS; TEPHROSIA PURPUREA; TERMINALIA BELERICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; VITIS VENIFERA; ZIZYPHUS VULGARIS;

CUSCUTA REFLEXA; FUMARIA; SPHAERANTHUS;

EID: 75649085992     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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