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Ethnomedicinal , phytochemical and pharmacological profile of genus

@inproceedings{Muhammad2014EthnomedicinalP,
  title={Ethnomedicinal , phytochemical and pharmacological profile of genus},
  author={Naveed Muhammad and Muhammad Saeed and Abdul Aleem Awan and Haroon Khan},
  year={2014}
}
The genus Viola (Violaceae) consists of approximately 500 species widely distributed throughout the world. In Pakistan, seventeen (17) different species of viola are abundantly found. Traditional healers have been patronizing various species of this genus in numerous disorders since time immemorial. Some of them are already validated scientifically such as antifungal antibacterial, antiplasmodial, antihypertensive, antidyslipedimic, anticancer, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory… 
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