Review on medicinal plants used by local community of jodhpur district of thar desert

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-339

  Goyal, Manoj ^a   Sasmal, D ^b   Nagori, B P ^a  

^a Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Capparis decidua; Ethnopharmacology; Euphorbia caducifolia; Plumbago zeylanica; Ziziphus nummularia

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ACACIA CATECHU EXTRACT; ACACIA FARNESIANA EXTRACT; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; AERVA JAVANICA EXTRACT; ARGEMONE OIL; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BARLERIA PRIONITIS EXTRACT; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEAN EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA CADUCIFOLIA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OXALIS CORNICULATA EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; SALMALIA MALABARICA EXTRACT; SALVADORA PERSICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA EXTRACT;

ABRUS; ACACIA; ACACIA CATECHU; ACACIA FARNESIANA; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AEGLE MARMELOS; AERVA JAVANICA; ALOPECIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ASTHMA; BARLERIA PRIONITIS; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEAN; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS DECIDUA; CONSTIPATION; CONTRACEPTION; COUGHING; DENTAL CARIES; DESERT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA CADUCIFOLIA; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEVER; FLATULENCE; FRACTURE; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA DISEASE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDIGESTION; INFERTILITY; JUJUBE; LEPROSY; LEUKODERMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENORRHAGIA; MOUTH ULCER; OTALGIA; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PERTUSSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; RASH; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALMALIA MALABARICA; SALVADORA PERSICA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; STOMATITIS; THROAT DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN; ULCER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VITILIGO; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

EID: 79957853207     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2011.333.339     Document Type: Article

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