Complementary and alternative medicine research, prospects and limitations in Pakistan: a literature review

HA Jan, S Jan, RW Bussmann, S Wali, F Sisto… - Acta Ecologica …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review article is an effort to analyze the status of medicinal plants research in Pakistan.
According to an estimate, about 6000 plant species are present in Pakistan of which about …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional medicines of plant origin used for the treatment of inflammatory disorders in Pakistan: A review

AM Uttra, H Ahsan, UH Hasan, MA Chaudhary - Journal of Traditional …, 2018 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE To pool data on ethnobotanical medicine for the treatment of inflammatory
disorders in Pakistan. METHODS We reviewed 237 research publications based on data …

[PDF][PDF] Bioactive compounds from medicinal plants and their importance in drug discovery in Pakistan

G Mustafa, R Arif, A Atta, S Sharif, A Jamil - Matrix Sci …, 2017 - matrixscpharma.com
Humans have relied on nature throughout their ages to cater for their basic needs including
medicines to cure a wide spectrum of diseases. Plants have formed the basis for …

eHALOPH a database of salt-tolerant plants: helping put halophytes to work

J Santos, M Al-Azzawi, J Aronson… - Plant and Cell …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract eHALOPH (http://www. sussex. ac. uk/affiliates/halophytes/) is a database of salt-
tolerant plants—halophytes. Records of plant species tolerant of salt concentrations of …

Use of medicinal plants for respiratory diseases in Bahawalpur, Pakistan

S Afzal, HI Ahmad, A Jabbar, MM Tolba… - BioMed Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The most common ethnomedicinal plants being effective in respiratory disorders were
studied for the first time in Bahawalpur District. The herbal medication represents a low‐cost …

Pharmacological evaluation of analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activities of ethanolic extract of Indigofera argentea Burm. f.

F Javed, Q Jabeen, N Aslam, AM Awan - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Indigofera argentea Burm. f.; commonly known as
neel, jantari, hathio; is traditionally used for the treatment of headache, fever, inflammation …

Micropropagation and validation of genetic homogeneity of Alhagi maurorum using SCoT, ISSR and RAPD markers

T Agarwal, AK Gupta, AK Patel… - Plant Cell, Tissue and …, 2015 - Springer
A reliable and reproducible protocol for in vitro regeneration has been developed for Alhagi
maurorum, a rare and medicinally important plant of family fabaceae. MS medium with BAP …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnobotanical inventory and folk uses of indigenous plants from Pir Nasoora National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

MS Amjad, M Arshad, R Qureshi - Asian pacific journal of tropical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To document the medicinal and other folk uses of native plants of the area with a
view to preserve the ethnobotanical knowledge associated with this area. Methods The …

[PDF][PDF] Ethnobotanical studies of plant resources of Cholistan desert, Pakistan

S Ahmad, K Alam, HM Wariss, S Anjum, M Mukhtar - Int J Sci Res, 2014 - researchgate.net
The study was conducted to accumulate information about the plant resources used by
various communities of Cholistan desert. It was observed that the area is rich in natural flora …

A comparative ethno-botanical study of Cholistan (an arid area) and Pothwar (a semi-arid area) of Pakistan for traditional medicines

S Malik, S Ahmad, A Sadiq, K Alam, HM Wariss… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2015 - Springer
Background The present study is intended to compare and document the therapeutic flora,
their remedial use, and the traditional knowledge used frequently by the residents of the …