Application of ethnobotanical indices on the use of traditional medicines against common diseases

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Khan, Imran ^a   Abdelsalam, Naser M ^b   Fouad, Hassan ^b,c   Tariq, Akash ^a   Ullah, Riaz ^d   Adnan, Muhammad ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Helwan University   (Egypt)

^d Government College Ara Khel FR Kohat   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACACIA MODESTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAZING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; MIDDLE AGED; MORUS ALBA; NORMAL HUMAN; OLEA FERRUGINEA; OLIVE TREE; PAKISTAN; POWDER; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902146309     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/635371     Document Type: Article

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