Labiatae family in folk medicine in Iran: From ethnobotany to pharmacology

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-79

  Naghibi, Farzaneh ^a   Mosaddegh, Mahmoud ^a   Motamed, Saeed Mohammadi ^a   Ghorbani, Abdolbaset ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnopharmacology; Folk medicine; Labiatae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRAN; LAMIACEAE; NONHUMAN; ORNAMENTAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SUBSPECIES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 85111809122     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.619     Document Type: Article

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