Ethnopharmacological uses of plants among inhabitants surrounding suru and zanskar valleys of cold desert, ladakh

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rinchen, Tsewang ^a   Pant, Shreekar ^a  

^a BABA GHULAM SHAH BADSHAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cold desert; Ethnopharmocology; Suru and zanskar valleys; Trans himalaya

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM; ACONITUM VIOLACEUM; ALLIUM HUMILE; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ANTHRISCUS NEMOROSA; APRICOT; ARNEBIA BENTHAMII; ARNEBIA EUCHROMA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BERBERIS ULCINA; BETULA UTILIS; BRONCHITIS; BUNIUM PERSICUM; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CAPSELLA BURSAPASTORIS; CARAWAY; CARDUUS NUTANS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHENOPODIUM MURALE; CICER MICROPHYLLUM; CLEMATIS ORIENTALIS; COMMON COLD; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; COUGHING; DACTYLORHIZA HATAGIREA; DELPHINIUM BRUNONIANUM; DELPHINIUM VISCOSUM; DESERT; ELSHOLTZIA DENSA; EPHEDRA GERARDIANA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIPPOPHEA RHAMNOIDES; HUMAN; HYOSCYAMUS; INDIA; JAESCHKEA OLIGOSPERMA; JUGLANS REGIA; JUNIPERUS MACROPODA; KNOWLEDGE; LACTUCA TATARICA; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM; LETTUCE; LIVER DISEASE; MECONOPSIS ACULEATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MICROULA TIBETICA; MORINA LONGIFOLIA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; ONOSMA HISPIDUM; OXYRIA DIGYNA; PEDICULARIS OEDERI; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PLANTAGO ASIATICA; PLANTAGO HIMALAICA; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; POTENTILLA ATRISANGUINEA; POTENTILLA SPECIES; RHEUM WEBBIANUM; RHODIOLA HETERODONTA; RHODODENDRON ANTHOPOGON; RUMEX ACETOSA; RURAL AREA; SAUSSUREA BRACTEATA; SAUSSUREA LAPPA; SEDUM QUADRIFIDUM; SEDUM TIBETICUM; SENECIO CHRYSANTHEMOIDES; SISYMBRIUM ORIENTALE; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SWERTIA PETIOLATA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; THALICTRUM MINUS; THYMUS LINEARIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TULIPA STELLATA; WALDHEIMIA STOLICZKAI; WALDHEIMIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 84892456336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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