Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants from Leepa valley, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 338-346

  Mahmood, Aqeel ^a   Mahmood, Adeel ^b   Malik, Riffat N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicines; Karna culture; Leepa valley traditions; Medicinal plants; Phytotherapy

Indexed keywords

OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BALSAMINACEAE; BARK; BERBERIDACEAE; CLIMBING PLANT; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; FERN; FLOWER; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GRASS; HERB; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LAMIACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUT; OBSERVATION; PAKISTAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POLYGONACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; ROSACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHOOT; SHRUB; SOLANACEAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 84864653053     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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