Phytomedicinal Studies of Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan.
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2012-10
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The present studies were aimed to identify medicinal plants, folk knowledge and to use local recipe for
different diseases in the study area of kurram agency. The questionnaire method was adopted for
documentation of folk indigenous knowledge. The Preliminary data were collected from the local
community, experts, knowledgeable person, Herdsmen and main users of medicinal plants such as Hakims,
old wise woman etc. The ethno medicinal data on 21 plants species belonging to 19 families were properly
identified i.e. their vernacular names, chemical constituents, scientific names, families, part used, habitat
conservative status and locality during the research work. The plants were collected, pressed dried,
preserved, mounted and identified through the literature and were confirmed by the experts in plants
sciences department, Kohat university of Science and Technology, Pakistan. The specimens were
deposited in the herbarium at plant sciences department, Kohat University of Science and Technology,
Pakistan.
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Ethnomedicinal, Local recipe, Chemical constituent, Medicinal plants, Parachinar Kurram Agency Pakistan
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Hussain Wahid, Hussain Javid, Ali Roshan, Hussain Sajid, Khan Muhammad Ashfaq, Khan Ikhtiar, Shinwari Zabta khan, Lopes Wilson Araujo, Nascimento Iracema Andrade. Phytomedicinal Studies of Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2012 Oct; 2(10): 81-85.