A Review on Ethnobotanical and Therapeutic Uses of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graceum L)

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-62

  Bahmani, Mahmoud ^a   Shirzad, Hedayatollah ^b   Mirhosseini, Mahmoud ^b   Mesripour, Azadeh ^b   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

fenugreek; medicinal plants; Trigonella foenum graceum

Indexed keywords

FENUGREEK SEED MEAL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRIGONELLA;

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84958530658     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587215583405     Document Type: Article

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