Medicinal plants used by inhabitants of the Shigar Valley, Baltistan region of Karakorum range-Pakistan
Abstract Background The inhabitants of mountainous terrains depend on folk therapies to treat various ailments; however lack of plant based research and geographical constraints set the traditional knowledge in jeopardy. Present study is the first documentation on traditional uses of plant species b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-017-0172-9 |