Research Article | Open Access Volume 3 | Issue 4 | Paper 03 | https://doi.org/10.15228/2013.v03.i04.p03 |
Antiviral potential of medicinal plants of Balochistan: studies based on the local investigations
A. Sattar
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta Pakistan
Shahabuddin
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta Pakistan
F. Ahmed
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta Pakistan
A. K. Malghani
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta Pakistan
S. A. Sattar
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology Karachi, Pakistan.
| Received 29 Apr, 2013 | Accepted 30 Oct, 2013 | Published 02 Dec, 2013 |
ABSTRACT:
Medicinal plants have been extensively used contrary to various infectious and non-infectious maladies world wide. A plethora of medicinal plants of Balochistan region have exhibited potential antiviral activity against a number of infections. Among numerous other ailments, viral infections have denounced the humankind survival, distressing millions of people every year, causing disability and death. A plausible remedy for the viral infections from medicinal plants could be inferred through ethnopharmacological approach. The purpose of current study is an ethnopharmacological screening for antiviral medicinal plants that are being used traditionally by the local population for different types of viral infections in Pishin and Loralai areas of Balochistan. The study resulted 30 medicinal being used against viral infections in the region.
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Sattar, F. A., Shahabuddin, S., Ahmed, F., Malghani, M. A. K., & Sattar, S. A. (2013). Antiviral potential of medicinal plants of Balochistan: studies based on the local investigations. Pakistan Journal of Chemistry, 3(4), 156-162. https://doi.org/10.15228/2013.v03.i04.p03
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Sattar, F.A., Shahabuddin, S., Ahmed, F., Malghani, M.A.K. and Sattar, S.A., 2013. Antiviral potential of medicinal plants of Balochistan: studies based on the local investigations. Pak. J. Chem. 2013, 3, 156-162. https://doi.org/10.15228/2013.v03.i04.p03
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Sattar FA, Shahabuddin S, Ahmed F, Malghani MA, Sattar SA. Antiviral potential of medicinal plants of Balochistan: studies based on the local investigations. Pakistan Journal of Chemistry. 2013; 3(4): 156-162. https://doi.org/10.15228/2013.v03.i04.p03
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Sattar, F. A., Shahabuddin Shahabuddin, F. Ahmed, M. A. K. Malghani, and S. A. Sattar. “Antiviral potential of medicinal plants of Balochistan: studies based on the local investigations.” (2013): 156-162. Pakistan Journal of Chemistry 3, no. 4: 156-162. https://doi.org/10.15228/2013.v03.i04.p03
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