Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Uprety, Yadav ^a,b   Asselin, Hugo ^b   Boon, Emmanuel K ^a   Yadav, Saroj ^c   Shrestha, Krishna K ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTILBE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS ASIATICA; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; HIPPOPHAE SALICIFOLIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS RECURVA; SWERTIA; SWERTIA MULTICAULIS;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPAL; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEPAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 76949090985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-3     Document Type: Article

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