ETHNOMEDICINES OF HIGHLY UTILIZED PLANTS IN THE TEMPERATE HIMALAYAN REGION

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 132-142

  Begum, Shaheen ^a   Abdeislam, Naser M ^b   Adnan, Muhammad ^c   Tariq, Akash ^c   Yasmin, Azra ^a   Hameed, Rukiya ^a  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diseases; Medicinal plants; Rural livelihood; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84964313485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i3.20     Document Type: Article

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