Ethnobotanical authentication and identification of Khrog-sman (Lower Elevation Medicinal Plants) of Bhutan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 813-823

  Wangchuk, Phurpa ^a,b   Pyne, Stephen G ^a   Keller, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Bhutanese traditional medicine; Lower Elevation Medicinal Plants; Medicinal plant management; Primary health care; Uses of medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BHUTAN; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PLANT ROOT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BHUTAN; BIODIVERSITY; ETHNOBOTANY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 79954414823     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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