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Review
. 2016 Feb 19;3(1):6.
doi: 10.3390/medicines3010006.

Himalayan Aromatic Medicinal Plants: A Review of their Ethnopharmacology, Volatile Phytochemistry, and Biological Activities

Rakesh K Joshi  1 , Prabodh Satyal  2 , Wiliam N Setzer  3
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Review

Himalayan Aromatic Medicinal Plants: A Review of their Ethnopharmacology, Volatile Phytochemistry, and Biological Activities

Rakesh K Joshi et al. Medicines (Basel). .

Abstract

Aromatic plants have played key roles in the lives of tribal peoples living in the Himalaya by providing products for both food and medicine. This review presents a summary of aromatic medicinal plants from the Indian Himalaya, Nepal, and Bhutan, focusing on plant species for which volatile compositions have been described. The review summarizes 116 aromatic plant species distributed over 26 families.

Keywords: Bhutan; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu and Kashmir; Nepal; Sikkim; Uttarakhand; essential oils.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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