Ethnobotanical survey of common medicinal plants used by people of district Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan

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作者
Mahmood, Adeel [1 ]
Qureshi, Rizwana Aleem [1 ]
Mahmood, Aqeel [2 ]
Sangi, Yasmin [3 ]
Shaheen, Hamayun [1 ]
Ahmad, Ijaz [1 ]
Nawaz, Zerqa [1 ]
机构
[1] Quaid I Azam Univ, Dept Plant Sci, Islamabad, Pakistan
[2] Univ Sargodha, Dept Pharm, Sargodha, Pakistan
[3] FG Coll Girls, Dept Bot, Islamabad, Pakistan
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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS RESEARCH | 2011年 / 5卷 / 18期
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Ethnobotanical studies; medicinal plants; Mirpur AJK;
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R914 [药物化学];
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100701 ;
摘要
Medicinal plants are valuable and are used for the production of various drugs. These plants are traditionally used to cure various diseases. The present research work is based on a survey conducted on traditional medicinal uses of common medicinal plants of district Mirpur AJK, Pakistan. The local, especially old people use medicinal plants for various ailments. A total of 29 plant species belonging to 20 families are reported, that are being used by local inhabitants for various purposes. In the present research work only medicinal plants and their local medicinal uses are interviewed and presented. Information was obtained by local informants having the knowledge about medicinal plants. About 7 Hakims and 58 local old men were interviewed. The information obtained by these sources is present here. For each plant necessary information like botanical name, family of plant species, local name and uses are given.
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