Ethnobotanical survey of folk plants for the treatment of snakebites in Southern part of Tamilnadu, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-312

  Samy, Ramar Perumal ^a   Thwin, Maung Maung ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^a   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Medicinal plants; Neutralizing effect; Snakebite; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ALKALOID; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLORIOSA SUPERBA EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MIMOSA PUDICA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINE EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEPHROSIA PURPUERA EXTRACT; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA EXTRACT; TRICHODEMA ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEDELIA CALENDULAE EXTRACT;

ABRUS; ABUTILON INDICUM; ACACIA LEUCOPHLOEA; ACALYPA INDICA; ACANTHACEAE; ACHILLEA; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; AEGLE; AEGLE MARMELOS; AERVA LANATA; ALANGIUM SALVIFOLIUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS LINEATA; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOCYNACEAE; ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARISTOCHOLIA INDICA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; ASTERACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BASIL; BLACK PEPPER; BODY WEIGHT; BORAGINACEAE; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA BONDUC; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEAN; CASSIA ALATA; CASSIA TORA; CLINACANTHUS MUTANS; COMBRETACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PURIFICATION; ECLIPTA; ECLIPTA ALBA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; EHRETIA BUXIFOLIA; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ERYTHRINA; ERYTHRINA EXCELSA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; FERONICA LIMONIA; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LEMON; LEUCAS CEPHALOTES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MADHUCA; MADHUCA LONGIFOLIA; MALE; MARIGOLD; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORUS ALBA; MOUSE; MULBERRY; MUSA PARADISIACA; MUSACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NERIUM OLEANDER; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; OLDENLANDIA; OLDENLANDIA DIFFUSA; OLDENLANDIA UMBELLATE; ONION; OPHIORRHIZA MUNGOS; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PHYLLANTHUS RETICULATES; PLUCHEA INDICA; POMEGRANATE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SAPINDUS EMARGINATUS; SEMICARPUS ANACARDIUM; SENNA; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TORVUM; SOYBEAN; STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA; SUNFLOWER; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA PURPUERA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; THYME; TOBACCO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATA; TRAGIA INVOLUCRATE; TRICHODEMA ZEYLANICUM; TYLOPHORA; TYLOPHORA LONGIFOLIA; VITEX; VITEX NEGUNDO; WEDELIA; WEDELIA CALENDULAE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNAKE BITES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; MUS; STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA;

EID: 37249088813     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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