Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine by the communities of Mount Hermon, Lebanon

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-156

  Baydoun, Safaa ^a   Chalak, Lamis ^b   Dalleh, Helena ^a   Arnold, Nelly ^a  

^a BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology; Lebanon; Medicinal Plants; Mount Hermon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPOSITAE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LABIATAE; LEBANON; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA SPICATA; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ROSACEAE; RURAL POPULATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UMBELLIFERAE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

APIACEAE; ASTERACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA SPICATA; ROSACEAE;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938310795     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.06.052     Document Type: Article

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