Ethnobotanical studies and phytochemical screening was carried out for selected medicinal plants from District Neelum, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. For ethnobotanical study; botanical name, family, local name and medicinal uses of collected plants were described. The selected plants were; Saussurea lappa (Dene) Sch.Bip, Senecio chrysanthemoides D.C, Geranium wallichianum D. Don ex sweet, Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don, Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes, Aconitum heterophyllum Stapf, Skimmia laureola (D.C) Sieb and Zucc ex Walp, Bergenia ciliata (Haw) Sternb and Angelica glauca Edgew belonging to seven families. Different parts of these plants are being used as medicines against different diseases in Arang-Kel. Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed for the presence of secondary metabolites. Tannins were detected in all plant species except Saussurea laureola. Pholobatanin was detected only in Saussurea lappa. Flavonoids were absent only in Aconitum chasmanthum, while aqueous extract of all plants showed the presence of saponin, glycosides and terpenoids. The highest tannins were found in Senecio chrysanthemoides while the lowest concentration was recorded in Angelica glauca. Bergenia ciliata showed highest alkaloids contents and least was recorded in Aconitum heterophyllum. The highest concentration of flavonoids was recorded in Polygonum amplexicaule. Aconitum heterophyllum revealed highest concentration of the phenolic compounds while lowest concentration of phenols was recorded in Saussurea laureola.

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