An ethnobotanical study of traditional anti-inflammatory plants used by the Lohit community of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-245

  Namsa, Nima D ^a,b   Tag, Hui ^c   Mandal, M ^b   Kalita, P ^c   Das, A K ^c  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory plants; Arunachal Pradesh; Ethnobotany; Khampti tribe; Lohit District

Indexed keywords

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ARTEMISIA NILAGIRICA EXTRACT; ASIATIC ACID; BETA THUYONE; BLUMEA FISTULOSA EXTRACT; CENTAUREIDIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DITERPENE; EUPATORIUM ADENOPHORUM EXTRACT; EUPATORIUM ODORATUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; KALANCHOE PINNATA EXTRACT; MADECASSIC ACID; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA EXTRACT; PALMITIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLANTAGO MAJOR EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID; SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACNE; AGERATUM; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ALPINIA; ALPINIA GALANGA; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA NILAGIRICA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; BATRACHOSPERMUM ATRUM; BLUMEA FISTULOSA; BOMBAX; BOMBAX CEIBA; BURN; BURNING SENSATION; CANARIUM STRICTUM; CHLORANTHUS ERECTUS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COLEUS; COLEUS BLUMEI; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERIA PANNEA; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPATORIUM; EUPATORIUM ADENOPHORUM; EUPATORIUM ODORATUM; EUPHORBIA; GASTRITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KALANCHOE; KALANCHOE PINNATA; LYCOPODIUM; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA PALMATA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SWELLING; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STERCULIA; STERCULIA VILLOSA; STOMACH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING; XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM INDICUM; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ALPINIA GALANGA; ASTERACEAE; BATRACHOSPERMUM ATRUM; BOMBAX CEIBA; CANARIUM STRICTUM; CHLORANTHUS ERECTUS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; ERIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES; STERCULIA; VILLOSA; XANTHIUM; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 68949163035     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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