Anti-malarial herbal remedies of northeast India, Assam: An ethnobotanical survey

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 565-572

  Namsa, Nima D ^a   Mandal, M ^a   Tangjang, S ^b  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti malarial plants; Ethno botanical survey; Malaria; Mosquitoes insects

Indexed keywords

ADHATODA VASICA EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA VOLKENSII EXTRACT; CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM INFORTUNATUM EXTRACT; COPTIS TEETA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STEPHANIA HERNANDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX PEDUNCULARIS EXTRACT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM HAMILTONIANUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACANTHACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 78651403051     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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