Ethnobotany and trade of medicinal plants in the Qaysari Market, Kurdish Autonomous Region, Iraq

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 490-510

  Mati, Evan ^a   De Boer, Hugo ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Herbal markets; Iraq; Kurdish Autonomous Region; Plant barcoding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA BARCODING; ETHNOBOTANY; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MARKET; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMMERCE; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; IRAQ; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78651405508     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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