Ethnomedicinal plants used by the villagers of district Udhampur, J&K, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1005-1018

  Bhatia, Harpreet ^a   Sharma, Yash Pal ^a   Manhas, R K ^b   Kumar, Kewal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b Govt Degree College   (India)

^c Govt College for Women   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology field study; Factor informant consensus; Fidelity level; Traditional medicine; Use value

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ADULT; AGED; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECTOPARASITE; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FLOWERING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; LAMIACEAE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT LEAF; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; POACEAE; RURAL POPULATION; SOLANACEAE; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; AMARANTHACEAE; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; ASTERACEAE; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; FABACEAE; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FUMARIA INDICA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; POACEAE; PRUNUS PERSICA; RUBUS ELLIPTICUS; SOLANACEAE; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM;

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY FIELD STUDY; FACTOR INFORMANT CONSENSUS; FIDELITY LEVEL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; USE-VALUE;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84895074884     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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