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Volume 11, Issue 4
  • ISSN: 2215-0838
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Abstract

genus, as traditional medicine, plays a major role in treating many different diseases, such as pain, fever, diabetes, inflammation, and GIT disorders. is widely found in tropical regions. In humans, species are generally safe, as well as non-toxic. is native to Western India’s Thar Desert, South-Eastern Pakistan, as well as the Southern Iran region. The plant has tremendous medicinal potential. It is also used in traditional as well as folklore systems of medicine.

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A Brief Review on Medicinal and Edible Aspects of Ziziphus nummularia
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Keyword(s): ethnomedicinal properties; health benefits; medicinal properties; nutritional value; pharmacological uses; phytochemicals; traditional knowledge; Traditional remedies

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