Alternative & Integrative Medicine

Hanif Ullah Khan

Publications

• Research Article
  Phytotoxic Potential of Methanolic Extract of Cardia obaliqua
  Author(s): Hanif Ullah Khan, Rahmat Ali Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Nadia Mushtaq, Muhammad Rashid Khan and Nowshad MuhammadHanif Ullah Khan, Rahmat Ali Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Nadia Mushtaq, Muhammad Rashid Khan and Nowshad Muhammad
  
  Cardia obaliqua is used traditionally for the treatment of various ailments in Pakistan and in some other countries of the world. In the present study methanolic extract of various fractions of Cardia obaliqua are used for the screening of phytotoxic potential. Two concentrations of crude methnolic extract i.e. 1000 μg ml-1 and 100 μg ml-1 was used in the assay. The Cardia obaliqua methanolic extract (COME) showed significant inhibition both in hypocotyls/shoot and radicals/roots growth i.e. Cardia obaliqua showed maximum inhibition for the growth of Aveenasativa and Triticumaestivum. These results provide evidence that Cardia obaliqua might be used affectively as bio herbicide for weeds control. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162.1000150

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