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. 2015 Dec 4:175:109-23.
doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.08.011. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

Ethnopharmacological relevance of indigenous medicinal plants from district Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan

Nadeem Ahmed  1 , Aqeel Mahmood  2 , Aisha Ashraf  3 , Asghari Bano  4 , S S Tahir  5 , Adeel Mahmood  6
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Ethnopharmacological relevance of indigenous medicinal plants from district Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan

Nadeem Ahmed et al. J Ethnopharmacol. .

Abstract

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Indigenous plants have played a key role in the treatment of human diseases. This study was aimed to report the indigenous medicinal plants from Bahawalnagar district of Southern Punjab, Pakistan to document the important medicinal plants and herbal preparations.

Material and methods: Rapid appraisal approach (RAA) involved direct interaction with local people and observations during the field visits; was used to collect data during March to June and August to December 2012.

Results and discussions: A total of 63 plants were reported to be effective for ailments treatment in the local healthcare system of the study area, belonging to 56 genera and 34 families. Among families Fabaceae was the predominant by contributing 09 species.

Conclusion: Plants knowledge is not uniformly distributed among the 488 informants interviewed by mean of questionnaire.

Keywords: Bhawalnagar; Herbal therapy; Indigenous knowledge; Southern Punjab.

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