Palynology and Ethnobotany of Aquatic Plants of Punjab Pakistan

The present study is about the palynomorph of the wetland plants of Punjab, Pakistan using light and scanning electron microscopy as well as to investigate the antioxidant activity of the crude extracts of pollen of some locally used, important medicinal wetland plants using different types of In vitro assays. In first part of this study, morphological characteristics of pollen of 34 wetland plant species, belonging to 20 angiospermic families, including 13 dicotyledonous and 7 monocotyledonous, has been accomplished using light and scanning electron microscopy. The second part of this study comprised of the ethnopharmacological uses of the medicinal wetland plants of Punjab (Pakistan).