Phytochemical analysis of selected medicinal plants of Margalla hills and surroundings

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 6017-6023

  Khan, Amir Muhammad ^a   Qureshi, Rizwana Aleem ^b   Ullah, Faizan ^b   Gilani, Syed Aneel ^c   Nosheen, Asia ^b   Sahreen, Sumaira ^c   Laghari, Muhammad Khan ^c   Laghari, Muhammad Yousif ^d   Shafiq Ur Rehman, ^a   Hussain, Ishtiaq ^b   Murad, Waheed ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Margalla hills; Medicinal plants; Qualitative; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHLOBATANNIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHATODA; ADHATODA VASICA; ARTICLE; BROUSSONETIA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; CARYOPTERIS GRATA; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; DANDELION; DRUG DETERMINATION; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; HIGHER PLANT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMOSA; MIMOSA RUBICAULIS; PAKISTAN; PEGANUM HARMALA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URTICA DIOICA; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM COTINIFOLIUM; VITEX NEGUNDO; WOODFORDIA; WOODFORDIA FRUITICOSA;

EID: 81855186024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.869     Document Type: Article

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