Use of chemotaxonomic markers for misidentified medicinal plants used in traditional medicines

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1244-1252

  Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Arshad, Muhammad ^b   Sultana, Shazia ^a   Abbasi, Bilal Haider ^a   Siraj Ud Din, ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Pir Mehr Ali Shah University   (Pakistan)

^c ISLAMIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomic markers; Misidentified medicinal plant; Rattan jot; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC AGENT; GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM EXTRACT; GUL E LJARI; ONOSMA HISPIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RATTAN JOT; RUS JOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BACKACHE; BORAGINACEAE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COLIC; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG QUALITY; EYE DISEASE; GERANIACEAE; GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM; HEART DISEASE; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; ONOSMA HISPIDA; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PLANT ROOT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPLEEN DISEASE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BORAGINACEAE; CALAMUS ROTANG; GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM; ONOSMA;

EID: 77956198104     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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