The rising burden of cancer worldwide calls for an alternative treatment solution. Herbal
medicine provides a very feasible alternative to western medicine against cancer. This …

Ziziphus jujuba Mill. belonging to the Rhamnaceae family, has been consumed since
ancient times as a medicine and food. In the different traditional medical schools, Z. jujuba …

This chapter includes data on the medicinal and aromatic plants used in the treatment of
diabetes in Turkey, Pakistan, and Malaysia. The total number of medicinal plants evaluated …

The local communities of Pakistan have vast traditional knowledge about local medicinal
plants that is centuries old and transferred from generation to generation, but now, the …

Members of the family Zygophyllaceae are distributed in arid areas of the world and are
traditionally used against various health insults ranging from skin lesions to lethal cancer …

Aim of the study Asthma is an ailment of airways characterized by activation of the T helper
(Th) 2 lymphocytes and subsequent movement of inflammatory cells. Boerhavia …

Biodiversity provides a strong plant-human association, livelihood and self defence to poor
villagers against many pathogens. In Pakistan and worldwide the indigenous communities …

Natural products have perennially served as a cornerstone for the genesis of novel
medicinal compounds. Most clinical therapeutics originate from ancestral herbal remedies …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Participatory research can help to broaden the
understanding of medical systems and beliefs of traditional communities. An …

Medicinal plants are richest source of chemical compounds that can be used to evolve novel
drugs. According to World Health Organization (WHO), in develo** countries more than …