An Ethnobotanical study of Medicinal Plants in high mountainous region of Chail valley (District Swat- Pakistan)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a,b   Sultana, Shazia ^a,b   Fazl i Hadi, Syed ^c   Ben Hadda, Taibi ^d   Rashid, Sofia ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Mir A ^a   Khan, Muhammad Pukhtoon Z ^a   Yaseen, Ghulam ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Ethnoflora; Geo ethnographical; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Pharmacological studies

Indexed keywords

ANGINA; GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; SKIMMIA LAUREOLA;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; DRUG FORMULATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; DRUG COMPOUNDING; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84899481160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-36     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Adnan M, Ullah I, Tariq A, Murad W, Azizullah A, Khan A, Ali N. Ethnomedicine use in the war affected region of Northwest Pakistan. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2014, 10:16. 10.1186/1746-4269-10-16, 3932995, 24484608.
2. Shinwari ZK. Medicinal plants research in Pakistan. J Med Plants Res 2010, 4:161-176.
3. Srithi K, Balslevb H, Wang P, Srisangac P, Trisonthia C. Medicinal plant knowledge and its erosion among the Mien (Yao) in Northern Thailand. J Ethnopharm 2009, 123:335-342.
4. Ugulu I, Baslar S, Yorek N, Dogan Y. The investigation and quantitative ethnobotanical evaluation of medicinal plants used around Izmir Province, Turkey. JMPR 2009, 3:345-367.
5. Vitalini S, Iriti M, Puricelli C, Ciuchi D, Segale A, Fico G. Traditional knowledge on medicinal and food plants used inValSan Giacomo (Sondrio, Italy)-An alpine ethnobotanical study. J Ethnopharm 2013, 145:517-529.
6. Abbasi AM, Khan MA, Ahmad M, Zafar M, Sarwat J, Sultana S. Ethnopharmacological application of medicinal plants to cure skin diseases and in folk cosmetics among the tribal communities of North-West Frontier Province. Pakistan J Ethnopharm 2010, 128:322-335.
7. Sheikh K, Ahmad T, Khan MA. Use, exploitation and prospects for conservation: people and plant biodiversity of Naltar Valley, Northwestern Karakorums, Pakistan. BiodiversConserv 2002, 11:715-742.
8. Tardio J, Pardo-de-Santayana M. Cultural importance indices: a compara-tiveanalysis based on the useful wild plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain). Econ Bot 2008, 62:24-39.
9. Wondimu T, Asfaw Z, Kelbessa E. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants around 'Dheeraa' town, Arsi Zone. Ethiopia J Ethnopharm 2007, 112:152-161.
10. Abbasi AM, Khan MA, Ahmad M, Zafar M. Medicinal Plant Biodiversity of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan. 2012, 1-220. Springer USA, 978-1-4614-1574-9.
11. Abbasi AM, Khan MA, Khan N, Shah MH. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinally important wild edible fruits species used by tribal communities of Lesser Himalayas-Pakistan. J Ethnopharm 2013, 148(2):528-536.
12. Abe R, Ohtani K. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants and traditional therapies on BatanIsland, the Philippines. J Ethnopharm 2013, 145:554-565.
13. Abebe D, Ayehu A. Medicinal Plants and Enigmatic Health Practices of Northern Ethiopia. 1993, 511. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: B. S. P. E.
14. Adnan M, Begum S, Latif A, Tareen AM, Lee LJ. Medicinal plants and their uses in selected temperate zones of Pakistani Hindukush- Himalaya. J Med Plants Res 2012, 6:4113-4127.
15. Akhtar N, Rashid A, Murad W, Bergmeier E. Diversity and use of ethno-medicinal plants in the region of Swat. North Pakistan J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2013, 9:25.
16. Ali SI, Qaiser M. A phytogeographical analysis of the phanerogams of Pakistan and Kashmir. Proc R Soc Edinb Biol 1986, 89B:89-101.
17. Jan G, Khan MA, Farhatullah Jan FG, Ahmad M, Jan M, Zafar M. Ethnobotanical studies on some useful plants of Dir Kohistan valleys, KPK, Pakistan. Pak J Bot 2011, 43(4):1849-1852.
18. Ahmed S. " Pakistan's economy hit hard by war on terror" 2012, Islamabad - Pakistan: Central Asia Online.
19. Anonymous Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment in North West Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. 2009, Islamabad: Asian Development Bank and World Bank for Government of Pakistan, Anonymous.
20. Ahmad M, Khan MA, Zafar M, Hasan A, Sultana S, Shah GM, Tareen RB. Chemotaxonomic authentication of Herbal Drug Chamomile. Asian J Chem 2009, 21:3395-3410.
21. Khan HA. Working plan for protected forests of Bahrain Tehsil (Swat District), 1995-96 to 2009-10. 1995, Peshawar Pakistan: NWFP Forest Department.
22. Anonymous Biodiversity Action Plan for Pakistan: a Framework for Conservation of our Natural wealth. 2000, Pakistan: Government of Pakistan, World Wide Fund for Nature, Pakistan and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Pakistan. Printed by Imprint (Pvt) Ltd., Rawalpindi Cantt, Anonymous.
23. Martin GJ. Ethnobotany: a People and Plant Conservation Manual. 1995, New York: Chapman and Hall.
24. Anonymous District Swat: socioeconomic Baseline and Displacement Impact. 2010, Khyber Pakhthunkhwa: Centre for Public Policy Research, Anonymous.
25. Nasir E, Ali SI. Flora of Pakistan. National Herbarium, NARC, Islamabad and Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi. Fasc 1970-2002, 41:1-207.
26. Cornara L, La Rocca A, Marsili S, Mariotti MG. Traditional uses of plants in the Eastern Riviera (Liguria, Italy). J Ethnopharm 2009, 125:16-30.
27. Giday M, Asfaw Z, Elmqvist T, Woldu Z. An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Zay people in Ethiopia. J Ethnopharm 2003, 85:43-52.
28. Guarrera PM, Forti G, Marignoli S. Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal uses of plants in the district of Acquapendente (Latium, Central Italy). J Ethnopharm 2005, 96:429-444.
29. Hali SM. " Economic Terrorism" The Nation. 2012, Islamabad Pakistan: Jang Group of News Papers, Retrieved 5 December 2012.
30. Hamayun M. Traditional uses of some medicinal plants of Swat valley, Pakistan. IJTK 2007, 6:636-641.
31. Ibrar M, Hussain F, Sultan A. Ethnobotanical studies on plant resources of Ranyal Hills, District Shangla, Pakistan. Pak J Bot 2007, 2:329-337.
32. Balemie K, Kelbessa E, Asfaw Z. Indigenous medicinal plants utilization, management and threats in Fentale area, Eastern Shewa. Ethiopia Ethiopian J Biolog Sci 2004, 3:37-58.
33. Blanco E, Macia MJ, Morales R. Medicinal and veterinary plants of El Caurel (Galicia, northwest Spain). J Ethnopharm 1999, 65:113-124.
34. Mitherman LC, Janisse J, Mathur A. The use of folk remedies among children in an urban black community: remedies for fever, colic, and teething. Pediatrics 2005, 3:297-304.
35. Beni{dotless}'tez G, Gonza' lez-Tejero MR, Molero-Mesa J. Pharmaceutical ethno-botany in the western part of Granada province (southernSpain): ethnophar-macological synthesis. J Ethnopharm 2010, 129:87-105.
36. Mulk KS, Page S, Ahmad H, Shaheen H, Ullah Z, Ahmad M, Harper D. Medicinal Flora and Ethnoecological Knowledge in the Naran Valley, Western Himalaya, Pakistan. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2013, 9:4. doi:10. 1186/1746- 4269-9-4, 10.1186/1746-4269-9-4, 3570439, 23302393.
37. Anonymous NWFP Forestry Sector Project (FSP). 2001, Peshawar: Operational Plan (OP) for Madyan Resources Management Sub-Unit Kalam Forest Division at Madyan.Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife Department, NWFP, Anonymous.
38. Passalacqua NG, Guarrera PM, De Fine G. Contribution to the knowledge of the folk plant medicine in Calabria region (Southern Italy). Fitoterapia 2007, 78:52-68. 10.1016/j.fitote.2006.07.005, 17084993.
39. Ragunathan M, Solomon M. The study of spiritual remedies in orthodox rural churches and traditional medicinal practice in Gondar Zuria district. Northwestern Ethiopia Pharmacognosy J 2009, 1:178-183.
40. Rashid A, Swati MF, Sher H, Al-Yemeni MN. Phytoecological valuation with detail floristic appraisal of the vegetation arround Malam Jabba, Swat, Pakistan. Asian Pacific J Tropic Biomed 2011, 1(16):461-467.
41. Savikin K, Zdunic G, Menkovic N, Zivkovic J, C'ujic N, Terěsčenko M, Bigovic D. Ethnobotanical study on traditional use of medicinal plants in South- Western Serbia, Zlatibor district. J Ethnopharm 2013, 146:803-810.
42. Scherrer AM, Motti R, Weckerle CS. Traditional plant use in the areas of Monte Vesoleand Ascea, Cilento National Park (Campania, Southern Italy). J Ethnopharm 2005, 97:129-143.
43. Schulz V, Hänsel R, Tyler VE. Rational phytotherapy. A physician's guide to herbal medicine. 2001, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 4.