An Updated List of Neuromedicinal Plants of Pakistan, Their Uses, and Phytochemistry

Table 1

Global epidemiology of neurological diseases and theircomparative prevalence in Pakistan and neighboring countries.

	Migraine	Stroke	Epilepsy	Depression	Anxiety	Parkinson	Alzheimer
Worldwide	14.9% [49]	5% [50]	0.5-1% [51]	4.4% [52]	3.6% [52]	1% [53]	11.2% [54]
Asia	9.1% [55]	0.94%[56]	0.49% [57]	4.4% [52]	2.8% [58]	0.63% [59]	1.9% [54]
Africa	5.61% [60]	0.4% [61]	1.13% [62]	5.2% [52]	4.4% [52]	0.44% [63]	1.6% [54]
North America	14.4% [64]	2.7% [65]	0.8% [66]	10.6% [67]	7.7% [58]	1.3% [59]	6.4% [54]
South America	11.6% [64]	0.7% [68]	0.98% [57]	13.8% [67]	10.4% [69]	2.3% [59]	4.6% [54]
Europe	15% [70]	6.25%[71]	0.82% [62]	4.2% [52]	3.9% [52]	1.6% [72]	4.4% [54]
Australia	6% [73]	1.8% [74]	0.44% [75]	5.9% [52]	7% [52]	0.46% [76]	6.4% [77]
Pakistan	26.1% [78]	0.25% [79]	2% [4]	4.2% [52]	3.5% [52]	0.23% [51]	1% [4]
India	25.2% [51]	3.69%[71]	0.39% [80]	4.5% [52]	3.0% [52]	0.07% [81]	1.91% [82]
Iran	14% [51]	0.36% [51]	1.8% [80]	4.9% [52]	4.6% [52]	0.29% [83]	2.3% [84]
China	9.3% [78]	4.3% [71]	0.3% [80]	4.2% [52]	3.1% [52]	1.7 % [85]	3.21% [85]
Afghanistan	0.9% [86]	5.2% [87]	8.9% [88]	51.8% [89]	38.5% [89]	35.4% [90]	15.3% [91]