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Scientific basis for use of Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don. fruit in gastrointestinal, respiratory and cardiovascular ailments

Janbaz KH 1 , Zaeem Ahsan M 1 , Saqib F 1 , Imran I 1 , Zia-Ul-Haq M 2 , Abid Rashid M 3 Show all authors , Jaafar HZ 4 , Moga M 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
  • 2 The Patent Office, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • 4 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
PLoS One, 2015;10(3):e0118605.
PMID: 25786248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118605

Abstract

Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don. has been used conventionally by many communities in the Himalayan region for the management of gastrointestinal, respiratory, and vascular complications. Set against this background, this study was carried out to justify the scientific basis to validate folkloric uses of fruits of Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don. (Pp.Cr) in traditional systems of medicine.

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