Ethnoveterinary medicinal plant knowledge and practice among the tribal communities of Thakht-e-Sulaiman hills, west Pakistan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 275-283

  Ahmad, Khalid ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^b   Weckerle, Caroline ^c  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary practices; Medicinal plants; Pakistan; Thakht e Sulaiman

Indexed keywords

ACACIA MODESTA EXTRACT; BERBERIS CALLIOBOTRYS EXTRACT; BUXUS WALLICHIANA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS DECIDUA EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; DAPHNE PAPYRACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA GERARDIANA EXTRACT; LITSEA MONOPETALA EXTRACT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; NANNORRHOPS RITCHIANA EXTRACT; OLEA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; PEGANUM HARMALA EXTRACT; PINUS GERARDIANA EXTRACT; PINUS WALLICHIANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; PRUNUS BRAHUICA EXTRACT; RIBES ALPESTRE EXTRACT; RUMEX DENTATUS EXTRACT; SALIX TETRASPERMA EXTRACT; SOLANACEAE EXTRACT; SPIRAEA CANESCENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIANA JATAMANSI EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; VETERINARY DRUG;

ACACIA MODESTA; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS CALLIOBOTRYS; BUXACEAE; BUXUS; BUXUS WALLICHIANA; CAPPARIS DECIDUA; CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA; CURCUMA LONGA; DAPHNE; DAPHNE PAPYRACEA; EPHEDRA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FIELD WORK; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HABITAT; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KNOWLEDGE; LITSEA; LITSEA MONOPETALA; MALE; MANGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OLEA FERRUGINEA; OLIVE TREE; PAKISTAN; PEGANUM HARMALA; PINE; PINUS GERARDINA; PINUS WALLICHIANA; POMEGRANATE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS BRAHUICA; RIBES ALPESTRE; RITUAL; RUMEX DENTATUS; SALIX TETRASPERMA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SOLANACEAE; SPIRAEA CANESCENS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALERIANA JATAMANSI; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILLOW; WITHANIA; WITHANIA COAGULANS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT;

BERBERIS; DAPHNE; LITSEA MONOPETALA; PINUS WALLICHIANA; SALIX TETRASPERMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VETERINARY DRUGS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934930757     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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