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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Ethnopharmacological studies are important for the discovery of new drugs from reported indigenous flora. The current study was aimed to document medicinal flora and its therapeutic actions along with the relative importance in local health care system of the district of Vehari, Punjab province, Pakistan. MATERIALS AND METHOD:Rapid appraisal approach (RAA) and semi structured interviews were used along with the group meetings with herbalists, local inhabitants and landowners to collect the relevant data. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS:A total 77 medicinal plants belonging to 41 families disseminated among 71 genera were reported. Fabaceae was the predominant family over others with 9 reported medicinal plant species. Use frequency of leaves was at peak with 30.12% followed by stem 24.62%, fruit 14.22%, flower 12.97%, seeds 12.13%, bark 4.6% and pod 1.25%, in herbal preparations. Allium cepa exhibited the highest use value (0.90) while lowest use value (UV) was reflected by Aerva javanica (0.10). Documentation of various medicinal plants for the treatment of cancer, hepatitis and cardiac disorders is evidence in favor to highlight the value of medicinal flora. CONCLUSIONS:Unfortunately, no attention has been paid to this treasure in term of conservation and utilization in modern healthcare system, where these plants can be a best replacement of chemically synthesized drugs. It is also recommended that plants exhibiting high UV should be screened for detailed bio-active phytochemicals.
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J Ethnopharmacoljournal_title
Journal of ethnopharmacologyauthors
Ahmed N,Mahmood A,Mahmood A,Sadeghi Z,Farman Mdoi
10.1016/j.jep.2015.02.048subject
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2015-06-20 00:00:00pages
66-78eissn
0378-8741issn
1872-7573pii
S0378-8741(15)00127-0journal_volume
168pub_type
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