Phyto-therapeutic claims about Euphorbeaceous plants belonging to Pakistan; an ethnomedicinal review

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1137-1144

  Khalil, Ali Talha ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^a   Qaiser, Muhammad ^b   Marwat, Khan Bahadur ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University   (Pakistan)

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