A survey of ethnomedicinal plants of Darjeeling hills for their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-492

  Saha, Jayati ^a   Sarkar, Prabir K ^a   Chattopadhyay, Subrata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Darjeeling hills; Ethnomedicine; Folk medicine; Jaributi; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine; Tribals

Indexed keywords

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855698407     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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