Ethnomedicinal uses of herbs from northern part of Nara desert, pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 839-851

  Qureshi, Rahmatullah ^a   Raza Bhatti, G ^b   Memon, Rabia Asma ^c  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b SHAH ABDUL LATIF UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; FABACEAE;

EID: 77952937163     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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