Metal analysis, phytotoxic, insecticidal and cytotoxic activities of selected medicinal plants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-58

  Khuda, Fazli ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Zakiullah, ^a   Khan, Ayub ^b   Nasir, Fazli ^a   Muhammad, Naveed ^a   Khan, Jamshaid Ali ^a   Khan, Muhammad Shafiq ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Hazardous heavy metals; Insecticidal activity; Medicinal plants; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; BUTANOL; CALLOSOBRUCHUS ANALIS EXTRACT; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DUCHESNEA INDICA EXTRACT; ETOPOSIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; PERMETHRIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA EXTRACT; SITOPHILUS ORYZEA EXTRACT; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIANA WALLICHII EXTRACT; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM EXTRACT; ZINC;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ARTICLE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS ANALIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DUCHESNEA INDICA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SHRIMP; SITOPHILUS ORYZEA; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRIBOLIUM; VALERIANA WALLICHII; XANTHIUM;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYTOTOXINS; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84855362780     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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