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Wahid Hussain
Researcher at University of Peshawar
Publications - 70
Citations - 303
Wahid Hussain is an academic researcher from University of Peshawar. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 63 publications receiving 187 citations.
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Quantitative study of medicinal plants used by the communities residing in Koh-e-Safaid Range, northern Pakistani-Afghan borders
TL;DR: The folk knowledge of medicinal plants species of Koh-e-Safaid Range was unexplored and abies pindrow, Artemisia scoparia, Nannorrhops ritchiana, Salvia reflexa, and Vincetoxicum cardiostephanum have been reported previously for their medicinal importance.
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Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitors as potential anti-diabetes agents: patent review (2015-2018)
TL;DR: The effectiveness of potent PTP1B inhibitors as pharmaceutical agents to treat type 2 diabetes is described and it is suggested that it is possible to get small-molecule PTP 1B inhibitors with the required potency and selectivity.
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An ethnopharmacological study of plants used for treatment of diabetes in the Southern and Tribal regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan
Manzoor Ullah,Sultan Mehmood,Maroof Ali,Rainer W. Bussmann,Ali Aldosari,Rehmat Ali Khan,Razi Ullah,Wahid Hussain,Muhammad Abdur Rahman Shah +8 more
TL;DR: An inventory of plants used traditionally for the treatment of diabetes in the southern and tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finds that leaves were frequently used in the remedies, and decoction was the most common mode of preparation.
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Quantitative ethnobotanical appraisal of medicinal plants used by inhabitants of lower Kurram, Kurram agency, Pakistan
TL;DR: The inhabitants of lower Kurram still practice medicinal plants and few of the plants were used for treatment of fatal diseases like malaria, hepatitis and blood cancer.
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Quantitative Ethnobotanical Study of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by the Tribal Communities of Gokand Valley, District Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Sulaiman,Sikandar Shah,Sheharyar Khan,Rainer W. Bussmann,Maroof Ali,Dildar Hussain,Wahid Hussain +6 more
TL;DR: The current study on the traditional use of medicinal plants was carried out from February 2018 to March 2020, in Gokand Valley, District Buner, Pakistan, and revealed that 28 plant species were vulnerable, followed by rare, following by rare (25 spp.), infrequent, infrequent (17 spp), dominant (16 spp%), and 10 species endangered.