Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants commonly used by Kani tribals in Tirunelveli hills of Western Ghats, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 851-864

  Ayyanar, Muniappan ^a   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^b  

^a PACHAIYAPPA S COLLEGE   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Folk medicine; Kani tribals; Tirunelveli hills; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; MELIA AZEDARACH EXTRACT; MURRAYA KOENIGII EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEA; CALOPHYLLUM; DATURA METEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; EVOLVULUS NUMMULARIUS; FIELD STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYMNEME SYLVESTRE; HERBAL MEDICINE; INDIA; JAUNDICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLLUGO NUDICAULIS; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA DILLENII; PHYSALIS MINIMA; SKIN INFECTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BIODIVERSITY; ETHNOBOTANY; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ALPINIA GALANGA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BAMBUSA BAMBOS; CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM; DATURA METEL; EVOLVULUS NUMMULARIUS; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; LEUCAS ASPERA; MELIA AZEDARACH; MOLLUGO NUDICAULIS; MURRAYA KOENIGII; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OPUNTIA DILLENII; PHYSALIS MINIMA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 79954425998     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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