Ethnomedicinal knowledge and relative importance of indigenous medicinal plants of Cholistan desert, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1263-1275

  Ahmed, Nadeem ^a   Mahmood, Adeel ^a   Tahir, S S ^b   Bano, Asghari ^a   Naseem Malik, Riffat ^a   Hassan, Seema ^a   Ashraf, Aisha ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology; Frequency of citation; Indigenous plants; Pakistan; Used value

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AIZOACEAE; AMARANTHACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; BRASSICACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; CYPERACEAE; DESERT; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FLOWER; FRUIT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEGUME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PAKISTAN; PAPAVERACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; POD; PRIMULACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RHAMNACEAE; SALVADORACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOLANACEAE; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; XANTHORRHOEACEAE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DESERT CLIMATE; ETHNOLOGY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY;

HALOXYLON RECURVUM; MOLLUGO CERVIANA; POACEAE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; DESERT CLIMATE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84906794173     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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