Lesser known ethnomedicinal plants of Mizoram, north east India: An Indo-Burma hotspot region

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1301-1307

  Rai, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Lalramnghinglova, H ^a  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Ethnomedicinal plants; IUCN; Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)

Indexed keywords

AESCHYNANTHUS SIKKIMENSIS EXTRACT; ALPINIA BRACTEATA EXTRACT; ANACOLOSA CRASSIPES EXTRACT; ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA EXTRACT; ANOGEISUS ACUMINATA EXTRACT; APORUSA OCTANDRA EXTRACT; ARDISIA PANICULATA EXTRACT; BEGONIA INFLATA EXTRACT; BLUMEA LACINIATA EXTRACT; BLUMEA LANCEOLARIA EXTRACT; CAUTLEYA GRACILLIS EXTRACT; CLAOXYLON KHASIANUM EXTRACT; CURCUMORPHA LONGIFLORA EXTRACT; DYSOXYLUM GOBARA EXTRACT; HELICIA EXCELSA EXTRACT; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEPIONURUS SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; MALLOTUS ROXBURGHIANUS EXTRACT; MILLETTIA PACHYCARPA EXTRACT; PAJENELA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; PARBARIUM HOOKERII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TARENNA ODORATA EXTRACT; TETRACERA SARMENTOSA EXTRACT; TETRAMELES NUDIFLORA EXTRACT; TREVETIA PALMATE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITEX PEDUNCULARIS EXTRACT; VITIS BIFURCATE EXTRACT;

AESCHYNANTHUS SIKKIMENSIS; ALPINIA BRACTEATA; ANACOLOSA CRASSIPES; ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA; ANOGEISUS ACUMINATA; APORUSA OCTANDRA; ARDISIA PANICULATA; ARDISIA POLYCEPHALA; ARTICLE; BARK; BEGONIA INFLATA; BERIBERI; BLUMEA LACINIATA; BLUMEA LANCEOLARIA; BOMBAX INSIGNE; CANARIUM STRICTUM; CAULOKAEMPFERIA LINEARIS; CAUTLEYA GRACILLIS; CLAOXYLON KHASIANUM; CLERODENDRUM BRACTEATUM; COLIC; COLYSIS HEMIONITIDEA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CURCUMORPHA LONGIFLORA; DALBERGIA PINNATA; DENDROBIUM ARIAEFLORUM; DENTAL CARIES; DESMOS CHINENSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIPLAZIUM MAXIMUM; DRACENA SPITCATA; DYSENTERY; DYSOXYLUM GOBARA; DYSPEPSIA; EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FICUS SEMICORDATA; FLATULENCE; FRACTURE; GARCINIA LANCAEAFOLIA; GELSEMIUM ELEGANS; HELICIA EXCELSA; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; ISCHIALGIA; JASMINUM NERVOSUM; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAGGERA CRISPATA; LASIANTHUS HIRSUTUS; LASIANTHUS WALLICHII; LEPIDAGATHIS INCURVA; LEPIDAGATHIS RIGIDA; LEPIONURUS SYLVESTRIS; LINDERNIA RUELLOIDES; LIVER DISEASE; LONICERA MACRANTHA; MALARIA; MALLOTUS LEUCOCARPUS; MALLOTUS ROXBURGHIANUS; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICTURITION DISORDER; MILLETTIA PACHYCARPA; MILLETTIA PISCIDIA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MUSA GLAUCA; OTORRHEA; PAJENELA LONGIFOLIA; PARBARIUM HOOKERII; PHLOGACANTHUS THYRSIFORMIS; PIPER DIFFUSUM; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRURITUS; PSEUDODRYNARIA CORONANS; RAPHIDOPHORA HOOKERI; RASH; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHIZOME; SCABIES; SNAKEBITE; SPRAIN; STEREOPERMUM NEURANTHUM; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; SWELLING; TARENNA ODORATA; TETRACERA SARMENTOSA; TETRAMELES NUDIFLORA; TONSILLITIS; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREVETIA PALMATE; TUMOR; TYPHOID FEVER; ULCER; VERTIGO; VITEX PEDUNCULARIS; VITIS BIFURCATE; WOUND;

EID: 77956215577     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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