Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 463-469

  Jagtap, S D ^a   Deokule, S S ^b   Bhosle, S V ^b  

^a Medicinal Plant Conservation Center   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Amravati district; Ethnomedicine; Korku tribe; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS FICULNEUS EXTRACT; AILANTHUS EXCELSA EXTRACT; ALECTRA PARASITICA EXTRACT; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; BUCHANANIA COCHINCHINENSIS EXTRACT; CAESALPININA DECAPETALA EXTRACT; CAJANUS SCARABAEOIDES EXTRACT; CAPPARIS DECIDUA EXTRACT; CARDIOSPERMUM HELICACABUM EXTRACT; CASSIA TORA EXTRACT; CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA EXTRACT; CELASTRUS PANICULATUS EXTRACT; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM EXTRACT; CLEOME VISCOSA EXTRACT; COCHLOSPERMUM RELIGOSUM EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH; CORDIA MACLEODII EXTRACT; COSTUS SPECIOSUS EXTRACT; CROTALARIA JUNCEA EXTRACT; CUCUMIS MELO EXTRACT; CURCUMA PSEUDOMONTANA EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII EXTRACT; DATURA INOXIA EXTRACT; DATURA METEL EXTRACT; DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS EXTRACT; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABELMOSCHUS FICULNEUS; AILANTHUS EXCELSA; ALECTRA PARASITICA; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ARTICLE; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; BITE; BUCHANANIA CHOCHINCHINENSIS; CAESALPININA DECAPETELA; CAJANUS SCARABAEOIDES; CANTALOUPE; CAPPARIS DECIDUA; CARDIOSPERMUM HELICACABUM; CASSIA TORA; CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA; CELASTRUS PANICULATUS; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM; CLEOME VISCOSA; COCHLOSPERMUM RELIGIOSUM; CORDIA DICHOTOMA; CORDIA MACLEODII; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; CURCUMA PSEUDOMONTANA; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII; DATURA INOXIA; DATURA METEL; DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS; DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA; DIARRHEA; ECLIPTA PROSTATA; ENSETE SUPERBUM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FICUS RACEMOSA; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HYMENODICTYON ORIXENSE; INDIA; INFERTILITY; JAUNDICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIGRAINE; SKIN DISEASE; STROKE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WOUND;

ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 33748544646     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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