Ethnomedicinal uses of plants for the treatment of snake and scorpion bite in Northern Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-181

  Butt, Maryam Akram ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Fatima, Anam ^a   Sultana, Shazia ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Yaseen, Ghulam ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel ^b   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^a   Kayani, Sadaf ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Communities; Medicinal plants; Northern Pakistan; Snake and scorpion bite; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE FREQUENCY CITATION; RURAL AREA; SCORPION STING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SNAKEBITE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORPION STINGS; SNAKE BITES;

ASTERACEAE; SCORPIONES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SCORPION STINGS; SNAKE BITES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928015342     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.045     Document Type: Article

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