Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by Paliyar tribals in Theni district of Tamil Nadu, India

Fitoterapia

Volumn 79, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 562-568

  Ignacimuthu, S ^a   Ayyanar, M ^a   Sankarasivaraman, K ^b  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Theni district

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ARGEMONE OIL; ARGYREIA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA BRACTEOLATA EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA EXTRACT; ATYLOSIA SCARABAEOIDES EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; AZIMA TETRACANTHA EXTRACT; BASELLA ALBA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA PURPUREA EXTRACT; BEGONIA MALABARICA EXTRACT; BLEPHARIS MADERASPATENSIS EXTRACT; BOMBOX CEIBA EXTRACT; BUDDLEJA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; CASSIA OBTUSA EXTRACT; CASSIA TORA EXTRACT; CISSUS HEYNEANA EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CLEOME MONOPHYLLA EXTRACT; CLEOME VISCOSA EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM SERRATUM EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ONION EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG RESEARCH; DYSENTERY; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MYCOSIS; NOSE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SMALLPOX; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 55049138557     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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