An ethnopharmacological study from Kulu district, Himachal Pradesh, India: Traditional knowledge compared with modern biological science

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-138

  Natarajan, Bhanumathi ^a   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a   Korneliussen, Vibeke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology ethnobotany; Himachal Pradesh; Kulu district; Medicinal plants; Women

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACORUS CALAMUS;

EID: 0033855287     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-0209(200004)3821-1FT129     Document Type: Article

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