Ethnopharmacological survey of herbal remedies used for treatment of various types of cancer and their methods of preparations in the West Bank-Palestine

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jaradat, Nidal Amin ^a   Al Ramahi, Rowa ^a   Zaid, Abdel Naser ^a   Ayesh, Ola Ibrahim ^a   Eid, Ahmad Mustafa ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Ephedra alata; Ethnopharmacology; Herbal remedies; Traditional use

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; COMPOSITAE; CONSENSUS; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA ALATA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LAMIACEAE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALESTINE; PLANT LEAF; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYRUP; TRADITIONAL HEALER; AGED; ARAB; ASTERACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; ASTERACEAE; EPHEDRA; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84960125220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1070-8     Document Type: Article

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