Introduction of medicinal plants species with the most traditional usage in Alamut region

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-194

  Ahvazi, Maryam ^a   Khalighi Sigaroodi, Farahnaz ^a   Charkhchiyan, Mohammad Mahdi ^b   Mojab, Faraz ^c   Mozaffarian, Vali Allah ^d   Zakeri, Hamideh ^e  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^e Sigma Aldrich   (United States)

Author keywords

Alamut; Ethnobotany; Ghazvin; Iran; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACHILLEA; ANCHUSA ITALICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BERBERIS INTEGERRIMA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; ECHIUM AMOENUM; ETHNICITY; FERULA PERSICA; FUMARIA ASEPALA; GRAMMOSCIADIUM PLATYCARPUM; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; HIPPOPHAE RHAMMOIDES; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; IRAN; JUGLANS REGIA; KNOWLEDGE; MALVA NEGLECTA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SMYRNIUM CORDIFOLIUM; STACHYS LAVANDULIFOLIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIOLA ODORATA; ZIZIPHORA CLINOPODIOIDES;

EID: 84858590578     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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