Aconitum: Need for sustainable exploitation (with special reference to Uttarakhand)

International Journal of Green Pharmacy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 220-228

  Srivastava, Nidhi ^a   Sharma, Vikas ^a   Kamal, Barkha ^a   Jadon, Vikash ^a  

^a Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Gratudate Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Research   (India)

Author keywords

Aconitum; biotechnology; conservation; endangered; medicinal plants; sustainable

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACONITE; ACONITUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BRAIN DISEASE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DYSPEPSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; GOVERNMENT; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HYSTERIA; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

EID: 78649394958     PISSN: 09738258     EISSN: 19984103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-8258.74129     Document Type: Review

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