The food plant Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.: Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology and clinical evidence

I Marmouzi, A Bouyahya, SM Ezzat, M El Jemli… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. or Milk thistle is a
medicinal plant native to Northern Africa, Southern Europe, Southern Russia and Anatolia. It …

Tagetes spp. Essential Oils and Other Extracts: Chemical Characterization and Biological Activity

B Salehi, M Valussi, MFB Morais-Braga, JNP Carneiro… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tagetes (marigold) is native to America, and its cultivation currently extends to other
countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Many species of this genus, such as T. minuta, T …

Application of ethnobotanical indices to document the use of plants in traditional medicines in Rawalpindi district, Punjab-Pakistan

H Zareef, MT Gul, R Qureshi, H Aati… - Ethnobotany …, 2023 - ethnobotanyjournal.org
Background. Ethnobotanical studies report the customary uses of plants used by the local
communities across the world. The goal of present study was to census the ethno-medicinal …

Medicinal plants used by inhabitants of the Shigar Valley, Baltistan region of Karakorum range-Pakistan

Z Abbas, SM Khan, J Alam, SW Khan… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2017 - Springer
Background The inhabitants of mountainous terrains depend on folk therapies to treat
various ailments; however lack of plant based research and geographical constraints set the …

Plant resources utilization among different ethnic groups of Ladakh in Trans-Himalayan Region

SM Haq, U Yaqoob, ES Calixto, IU Rahman, A Hashem… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Indigenous communities are a large resource of increasingly endangered,
traditionally used medicinal plants and the associated ecological knowledge, which needs …

Descriptive study of plant resources in the context of the ethnomedicinal relevance of indigenous flora: A case study from Toli Peer National Park, Azad Jammu and …

MS Amjad, M Qaeem, I Ahmad, SU Khan… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background This paper presents the first quantitative ethnobotanical study of the flora in Toli
Peer National Park of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Being a remote area, there is a …

Traditional and ethnomedicinal dermatology practices in Pakistan

IU Rahman, A Afzal, Z Iqbal, F Ijaz, N Ali… - Clinics in …, 2018 - Elsevier
In spite of the remarkable achievements in the health care sector over recent decades,
inequities in accessibility and affordability of these facilities coexist throughout Pakistan …

Ethnomedicinal knowledge of the rural communities of Dhirkot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

A Farooq, MS Amjad, K Ahmad, M Altaf… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2019 - Springer
Background Being an isolated locality and having a tough mountainous terrain, strong
ethnomedicinal practices still prevail in Dhirkot and its allied areas, which have been rarely …

Historical perspectives of ethnobotany

IU Rahman, A Afzal, Z Iqbal, F Ijaz, N Ali, M Shah… - Clinics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ethnobotany is the study of the direct interaction between plants and man in his culture.
From time immemorial, man has been depending on Mother Nature for all his basic needs …

A review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of the genus Indigofera

E Gerometta, I Grondin, J Smadja, M Frederich… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Indigofera is the third-largest genus in the family of
Fabaceae, with approximately 750 species. It is distributed across all tropical regions …