Consensus of the 'Malasars' traditional aboriginal knowledge of medicinal plants in the Velliangiri holy hills, India

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ragupathy, Subramanyam ^a   Steven, Newmaster G ^a   Maruthakkutti, Murugesan ^b   Velusamy, Balasubramaniam ^b   Ul Huda, Muneer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AYURVEDA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42549169122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-4-8     Document Type: Article

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