An ethnopharmacological study from the Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India: Traditional knowledge compared with modern biological science

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 378-390

  Natarajan, Bhanumathi ^a   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Coimbatore district; Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicine; Ethnopharmacology; Medicinal plants; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0033503550     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.5.378.6056     Document Type: Article

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