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Ethnobotany of Medicinal Plants in the Thar Desert (Sindh) of Pakistan

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ID14743255
AuthorsGhulam Yaseen (0000-0003-2040-2018, Quaid-i-Azam University), Mushtaq Ahmad (0000-0002-0585-2080), Shazia Sultana (0000-0002-3076-6096, Quaid-i-Azam University), Ahmed Suleiman Alharrasi (University of Nizwa), Javid Hussain (0000-0002-2696-1163, University of Nizwa), Muhammad Zafar (0000-0003-2002-3907, Quaid-i-Azam University), Shafiq-Ur-Rehman Shafiq-Ur-Rehman, Shafiq‐ur‐Rehman Shafiq‐ur‐Rehman (Kohat University of Science and Technology)
Year2015
Volume163
Pages43-59
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnopharmacology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0378-8741 • E-ISSN: 1872-7573
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.053
PMID25617748
OpenAlexW2013459316
LanguageEN
Citations received48
References cited70

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