Ethno-medicinal application of plants in the eastern region of Shimoga district, Karnataka, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-73

  Rajakumar, N ^a   Shivanna, M B ^a  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fidelity level; Herbal medicine; Informant consensus factor; Shimoga; Traditional practitioners

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSENSUS; CYCLEA PELTATA; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ETHNOBOTANY; HERB; INDIA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; KNOWLEDGE; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMECYLON UNBELLATUM; PYLLANTHUS AMARUS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TABERNAEMONTANA ALTERNAFOLIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ANIMALIA; CASSIA FISTULA; CYCLEA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; MEMECYLON UMBELLATUM; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; TABERNAEMONTANA;

EID: 70349783014     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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