Traditional medicinal plants indigenous to Al-Rass province, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2680-2683

  El Ghazali, Gamal E ^a   Al Khalifa, Khalifa S ^a   Saleem, Gameel A ^a   Abdallah, Emad M ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Al Rass; Ethnobotany; Herbal drugs; Medicinal plants; Qassim; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; LATEX;

ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FLOWER; FRUIT; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SAUDI ARABIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 79251590533     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/jmpr09.556     Document Type: Article

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