Artemisia L. species recognized by the local community of northern areas of Pakistan as folk therapeutic plants

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-119

  Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Hayat, Muhammad Qasim ^b   Jabeen, Shazia ^c   Shaheen, Nighat ^c   Khan, Mir Ajab ^b   Yasmin, Ghazalah ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Artemisia; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Northern areas of Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA BREVIFOLIA; ARTEMISIA DUBIA; ARTEMISIA JAPONICA; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA; ARTEMISIA MOORCROFTIANA; ARTEMISIA ROXBURGHIANA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA BREVIFOLIA; ARTEMISIA JAPONICA; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA; ARTEMISIA ROXBURGHIANA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 76149136379     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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