Ethnobiology of the Nilgiri Hills, India

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 98-116

  Rajan, S ^a   Sethuraman, M ^b   Mukherjee, Pulok K ^c  

^a Central Council of Research in Homeopathy   (India)

^b TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnic medicine; Ethnobiology; India; Nilgiri Hills; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ANACARDIC ACID; APIGENIN; ARECAIDINE; ASARONE; BERBERINE; CAFFEINE; CANNABINOL; CAPSAICIN; CHOLINE; COUMARIN; DIOSGENIN; EMBELIN; EPHEDRINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; INOSITOL; LOBELINE; MIMOSINE; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; NICOTINE; PAPAIN; PECTIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTOPINE; RUTOSIDE; SAPONIN; SITOSTEROL; TROPANE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABRUS; ACALYPHA INDICA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; BETEL NUT; BIODIVERSITY; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CASHEW NUT; CASSIA FISTULA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COFFEE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG POTENCY; FAUNA; FLORA; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEMIDESMUS INDICA; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICHELIA CHAMPACA; MIMOSA PUDICA; NONHUMAN; ONION; PAPAYA; PEPPER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGEONPEA; REVIEW; SOLANUM NIGRUM; TEA; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0036218778     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1098     Document Type: Review

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