Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Mascara (North West of Algeria)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 626-637

  Benarba, Bachir ^a   Belabid, Lakhdar ^a   Righi, Kada ^a   Bekkar, Ahmed Amine ^a   Elouissi, Mouffok ^a   Khaldi, Abdelkader ^a   Hamimed, Abderrahmane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MASCARA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Ethnobotanical; Mascara; Plants; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; APIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYME; TRADITIONAL HEALER; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946225577     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.09.030     Document Type: Article

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