Ethnomedicinal investigation of phytomedicines among the local communities of arid areas of Pakistan

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 436-446

  Mushtaq, Ahmad ^a   Muhammad, Zafar ^a   Ajab, Khan Mir ^a   Shazia, Sultana ^a   Mujtaba, Shah Ghulam ^a   Jan, Gul ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arid areas; Ethnomedicinal; Pakistan; Phytomedicines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863877947     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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