PJB-2010-390
ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF WOUND HEALING HERBS AMONG THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN HIMALAYA RANGES DISTRICT ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN
ARSHAD MEHMOOD ABBASI1, MIR AJAB KHAN1, MUSHTAQ AHMAD1, RAHMATULLAH QURESHI2*, MUHAMMAD ARSHAD1, SARWAT JAHAN3, MUHAMMAD ZAFAR1 AND SHAZIA SULTANA1
Abstract
The present paper reports therapeutic uses of medicinal plants for wounds healing by the tribal communities of Northern Himalayan Range, district Abbottabad which was recorded during January 2007 to April 2009. A total of 27 plant species belonging to 23 families are identified which are being used by the people of the study area. One hundred informants of different age (35 to 90 years old) were interviewed to extract ethnomedicinal data using semi-structured questionnaire. Present study provides baseline data on wound healing properties of native plants that can be exploited by pharmaceutical industry for screening new active compounds.
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