Medicinal plants in Rasuwa district, central Nepal: trade and livelihood
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Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal
BACKGROUND By revealing historical and present plant use, ethnobotany contributes to drug discovery and socioeconomic development. Nepal is a natural storehouse of medicinal plants. Although several ethnobotanical studies were conducted in the country, many areas remain unexplored. Furthermore, few studies have compared indigenous plant use with reported phytochemical and pharmacological proper...
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عنوان ژورنال: Botanica Orientalis: Journal of Plant Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1726-6858
DOI: 10.3126/botor.v6i0.2909