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›› 2009, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (1): 1-6.

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Ethnomedicinal survey of shopian, Kashmir (J&K), India

Mudasir Ahmad Tantray 1 *; Khurshid Ahmad Tariq 2; Mohd Maqbool Mir 3; Mohd Ayoob Bhat 1; Abdul Sami Shawl 1
  

  1. 1. Natural Product Chemistry Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Sanatnagar Srinagar 190 005, Kashmir, India 2. Parasitology Division, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190 006, Kashmir, India 3. Natural Product Chemistry Laboratory, Field Station Bonera, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Pulwama 192 301, Kashmir, India
  • Received:2008-06-20 Revised:2009-01-18 Online:2009-02-20 Published:2009-02-20
  • Contact: Mudasir Ahmad Tantray

Abstract: Traditional methods of disease treatment and control using plants and animals are predominant in rural societies of Kashmir Himalayas. Kashmir has a rich flora of medicinal plants with diverse biological properties. As a result of an ethnobotanical survey conducted during 2005-2007 in Shopian - a hilly district under the Pir Panjal range, the present paper provides the information on 20 such plant species belonging to 20 genera and 14 families.

Key words: folk herbal remedies, traditional medicine, kashmir, ethnomedicine

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