Ethnomedicinal plants of Shankaracharya Hill, Srinagar, J&K, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 255-274

  Kumar, Kewal ^a   Sharma, Yash Pal ^b   Manhas, R K ^c   Bhatia, Harpreet ^b  

^a Govt College for Women   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^c Govt Degree College   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicinal plants; Fidelity level; Informant consensus factor; Shankaracharya Hill; Use value

Indexed keywords

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA EXTRACT; AJUGA INTEGRIFOLIA EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS EXTRACT; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; ANEMONE BIFLORA EXTRACT; ANTHEMIS COTULA EXTRACT; ARCTIUM LAPPA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; BERBERIS LYCIUM ROYLE EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CAPSELLA BURSAPASTORIS EXTRACT; CARDAMINE IMPATIENS EXTRACT; DAUCUS CAROTA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA GERARDIANA EXTRACT; LONICERA QUINQUELOCULARIS EXTRACT; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; OXALIS CORNICULATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POTENTILLA REPTANS EXTRACT; ROSA WEBBIANA EXTRACT; SALVIA MOORCROFTIANA EXTRACT; TARAXACUM CAMPYLODES EXTRACT; THYMUS SERPHYLLUM EXTRACT; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIOLA ODORATA EXTRACT; WHITE CLOVER EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DRUG INFORMATION; FLOWER; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT ROOT; TRADITIONAL HEALER; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; ANEMONE; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; ASTERACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; DAUCUS CAROTA; EPHEDRA GERARDIANA; EPILOBIUM HIRSUTUM; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; LONICERA QUINQUELOCULARIS; MELIA AZEDARACH; OXALIS CORNICULATA; POTENTILLA REPTANS; ROSACEAE; SALVIA MOORCROFTIANA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE OFFICINALE; THYMUS (THYME); TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; VIOLA ODORATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934922357     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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