Herbalists and wild medicinal plants in M'Sila (North Algeria): An ethnopharmacology survey

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 395-402

  Boudjelal, Amel ^a   Henchiri, Cherifa ^b   Sari, Madani ^a   Sarri, Djamel ^a   Hendel, Noui ^a   Benkhaled, Abderrahim ^a   Ruberto, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF M'SILA   (Algeria)

^b BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany Herbalists Medicinal plants ICF M'Sila Algeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGERIA; AMARANTHACEAE; APIACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BORRAGINACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; DRUG FORMULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EQUISETACEAE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GENTINACEAE; GLOBULARIACEAE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LAMIACEAE; MALE; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYRTACEAE; OLEACEAE; PLANTAGINACEAE; POACEAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHAMNACEAE; RUTACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAMARICACEAE; THYMELAEACEAE; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TYPHACEAE; URTICACEAE; VERBALIZATION; WILD PLANT; WRITING; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ASTERACEAE; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ASTERACEAE; LAMIACEAE;

EID: 84879414244     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.082     Document Type: Article

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