Ethnomedicinal uses of some plants in the Kashmir Himalaya

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 362-366

  Malik, Akhtar H ^a   Khuroo, Anzar A ^a   Dar, G H ^a   Khan, Z S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Ethnomedicine; Herbal medicine; Kashmir; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955494476     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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