Herbal medicinal oils in traditional Persian medicine

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1208-1218

  Hamedi, Azadeh ^a   Zarshenas, Mohammad M ^b,c   Sohrabpour, Maryam ^b   Zargaran, Arman ^c,d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ancient time; History of medicine; Medieval period; Persia

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIQUITY; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLOWER; FRUIT; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PERSIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84882419816     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.777462     Document Type: Review

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