Ethno-gynecological knowledge of medicinal plants used by Baluch tribes, southeast of Baluchistan, Iran

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 706-715

  Sadeghia, Zahra ^a   Mahmood, Adeel ^b  

^a Department of Animal Science   (Iran)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Baluch; Gynecology; Informant consensus factor; Iran; Medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BALOCH (PEOPLE); BLACK CUMIN; CARAWAY; DATA ANALYSIS; DILL; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FENUGREEK; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PISTACIA; PLANT LEAF; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84923699402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1981528X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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