Ethnopharmacological approaches to wound healing-Exploring medicinal plants of India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-113

  Kumar, B ^a   Vijayakumar, M ^a   Govindarajan, R ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^b  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Burns; Cuts; Indian medicinal plants; Wound healing; Wounds

Indexed keywords

AGAVACEAE; ALOE VERA; ANGIOSPERM; ANNONACEAE; ASTERACEAE; AYURVEDA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COMBRETACEAE; COMMELINACEAE; EBENACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIA; INDIA; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORACEAE; MYRSINACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PAPAYA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RUTACEAE; VERBENACEAE; WOUND HEALING;

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35148854626     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.010     Document Type: Review

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