Ethnopharmocological study of medicinal plants used for treatment of skin diseases by herbalists in Northwestern region of Algeria

Razika Hantour; Yasmina Benabdesslem; Mustapha Diaf; Kadda Hachem; Samia Ghomari

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343714

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Ethnopharmocological study of medicinal plants used for treatment of skin diseases by herbalists in Northwestern region of Algeria

Razika Hantour,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Nutrition, Pathology, Agro-Biotechnology, and Health (LAB-NUPABS), Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbès, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
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Yasmina Benabdesslem,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Nutrition, Pathology, Agro-Biotechnology, and Health (LAB-NUPABS), Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbès, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, Laboratory of Biotoxicology, Pharmacognosy and Biological Valorization of Plants (LBPVBP), Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Saida - Dr. Moulay Tahar, Saida, Algeria
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Mustapha Diaf,

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Laboratory of Nutrition, Pathology, Agro-Biotechnology, and Health (LAB-NUPABS), Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbès, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
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Kadda Hachem ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kadda46@hotmail.com

Affiliations Laboratory of Biotoxicology, Pharmacognosy and Biological Valorization of Plants (LBPVBP), Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Saida - Dr. Moulay Tahar, Saida, Algeria, Higher Normal School of Saida, Saida, Algeria,

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2683-0101

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Samia Ghomari

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Conceptualization

Affiliations Laboratory of Nutrition, Pathology, Agro-Biotechnology, and Health (LAB-NUPABS), Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbès, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, Higher School of Agronomy Mostaganem, Mostaganem, Algeria
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Ethnopharmocological study of medicinal plants used for treatment of skin diseases by herbalists in Northwestern region of Algeria

Razika Hantour,
Yasmina Benabdesslem,
Mustapha Diaf,
Kadda Hachem,
Samia Ghomari

Published: February 27, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343714

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