Quantitative ethnobotanical survey of medicinal flora thriving in Malakand Pass Hills, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 335-346

  Barkatullah, ^a   Ibrar, Muhammad ^a   Rauf, Abdur ^a   Ben Hadda, Taibi ^b   Mubarak, Mohammad S ^c   Patel, Seema ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Malkand Pass Hills; Medicinal plants; Quantitative survey; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACACIA MODESTA EXTRACT; ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ADIANTUM VENUSTUM EXTRACT; AERVA JAVANICA EXTRACT; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA EXTRACT; AJUGA BRACTEOSA EXTRACT; AJUGA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; ALNUS NITIDA EXTRACT; AMMI VISNAGA EXTRACT; ARISTIDA CYANANTHA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA EXTRACT; ASPHODELUS TENUIFOLIUS EXTRACT; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; BERBERIS LYCIUM EXTRACT; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; BUTEA MONOSPERMA EXTRACT; BUXUS WALLICHIANA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA EXTRACT; CARTHAMUS LANATUS EXTRACT; CARTHAMUS OXYACANTHA EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM BOTRYS EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM INTYBUS EXTRACT; CICHORIUM INTYBUS EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; CONYZA CANADENSIS EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACACIA MODESTA; ADIANTUM VENUSTUM; AERVA JAVANICA; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; AJUGA BRACTEOSA; AJUGA PARVIFLORA; ALNUS NITIDA; ARISTIDA CYANANTHA; ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; ARTICLE; ASPHODELUS TENUIFOLIUS; ASTERACEAE; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BERBERIS LYCIUM; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; BUXUS WALLICHIANA; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA; CARTHAMUS LANATUS; CARTHAMUS OXYACANTHA; CHENOPODIUM BOTRYS; CHICORY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; CYNODON DACTYLON; DRUG ACTIVITY; ETHNOBOTANY; HERBAL MEDICINE; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PAKISTAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOOT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEGETATION; WOUND HEALING; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ASTERACEAE; LAMIACEAE;

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929439917     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.04.052     Document Type: Article

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