An ethnopharmacological survey of plants used in traditional diabetes treatment in south-eastern Algeria (Ouargla province)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-92

  Telli, Alia ^a   Esnault, Marie Andrée ^b   Ould El Hadj Khelil, Aminata ^a  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Endemic species; Ethnomedicinal kwowledge; Ouargla region; Septentrional sahara; Wild plants

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WILD POPULATION;

ALGERIA; OUARGLA;

AMMODAUCUS LEUCOTRICHUS; ANVILLEA GARCINII SUBSP. RADIATA; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; MATRICARIA; RHANTERIUM ADPRESSUM;

EID: 84949024632     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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