Traditional uses of medicinal plants in gastrointestinal disorders in Nepal

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 221-229

  Rokaya, Maan B ^a,b   Uprety, Yadav ^c,d   Poudel, Ram C ^e   Timsina, Binu ^b,f   Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,f   Asselin, Hugo ^d   Tiwari, Achyut ^c,g,h   Shrestha, Shyam S ^c   Sigdel, Shalik R ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Himalayan Research and Conservation Nepal   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^e NEPAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nepal)

^f Charles University   (Czech Republic)

^g KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^h TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Drug development; Ethnomedicine; Medicinal plants; Principal component analysis; Randomization test

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANGIOSPERM; ASTERACEAE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLERA; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSENTERY; ETHNICITY; FERN; FLATULENCE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; JAUNDICE; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANUNCULACEAE; REVIEW; ROSACEAE; STOMACH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84911900490     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.10.014     Document Type: Review

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