Ethnobotanical survey of antidiarrhoeal plants of Parinche valley, Pune district, Maharashtra, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Tetali, P ^a   Waghchaure, C ^a   Daswani, P G ^b   Antia, N H ^b,c   Birdi, T J ^b  

^a Lawkim Ltd   (India)

^b FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c Foundation for Research in Community Health India   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal plants; Ethnobotany; India; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAESALPINIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; JUJUBE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YAM;

ANTIDIARRHEALS; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CAESALPINIA DECAPETALA; DIOSCOREA PENTAPHYLLA; LAUNAEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SYZYGIUM RUBICUNDUM; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 67349224598     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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