ReviewChinese medicine2018
Indigenous medicinal plants of Pakistan used to treat skin diseases: a review.
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- Herbal Spices as Food and Medicine: Microscopic Authentication of Commercial Herbal Spices.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Enhancing Health Benefits through Chlorophylls and Chlorophyll-Rich Agro-Food: A Comprehensive Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Bioassay-Guided Alkaloids Isolation fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The known, unknown, and the intriguing about members of a critically endangered traditional medicinal plant genusFrontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Ethnomedicinal Plants in Herbal Remedies Used for Treatment of Skin Diseases by Traditional Healers in Songkhla Province, Thailand.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Immunomodulatory and antioxidant effects of Glycyrrhiza uralensis polysaccharide in Lohmann Brown chickens.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Exploration of ethnomedicinal plants and their practices in human and livestock healthcare in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2021Article
- Plant Resources Utilization among Different Ethnic Groups of Ladakh in Trans-Himalayan Region.Biology · 2021Article
- The Role ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants in Bajwat Wildlife Sanctuary, District Sialkot, Punjab Province of Pakistan.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
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Abstract
ETHNO-PHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Plants are providing reliable therapy since time immemorial. Pakistan has a great diversity in medicinal flora and people use these ethno-medicines to deal with many skin problems. This review explores the fundamental knowledge on various dermatological properties of medicinal plants of Pakistan and is aimed to provide a baseline for the discovery of new plants having activities against skin issues. MATERIAL AND
methodA total of 244 published articles were studied using different research engines like PubMed, Google, Google-scholar and science direct.
resultsReview of literature revealed ethno-pharmacological use of 545 plant species, belonging to 118 families and 355 genera, to combat various skin ailments. Out of these, ten most commonly used plant species belonging to ten different families are documented in this review. It was also found out that ehno-medicines are prepared using various parts of the plants including leaves (28.32%), whole plant and roots 13.17% and 10.97% respectively, in the form of powder (23.5%) and paste (22.75%). A total of 13 endangered plant species and ten commercially important plants were recorded.
conclusionMedicinal plants of Pakistan have therapeutic effects against several skin problems; however most of medicinal plants are still not evaluated scientifically to support their ethno-pharmacological claim on skin. Dermatological pathogens are recommended to study. Further, the conservational programs should be established for endangered species.
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