Ethnomedicinal and ethnoecological evaluation of Salvadora persica L.: A threatened medicinal plant in Arabian Peninsula

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1209-1215

  Sher, Hassan ^a   Al Yemeni, M N ^a   Masrahi, Yahya S ^b   Shah, Arif Hussain ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Medicinal uses; Products; S. persica; Threats and conservation importance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SALVADORA PERSICA; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

APIS MELLIFERA; SALVADORA PERSICA;

EID: 77954858280     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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