A review on the medicinal and edible aspects of aquatic and wetland plants of India

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 7163-7176

  Swapna, M M ^a   Prakashkumar, R ^a   Anoop, K P ^a   Manju, C N ^a   Rajith, N P ^b  

^a G A College   (India)

^b Field Office   (India)

Author keywords

Edible; India; Medicinal; Review; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MARSILEA MINUTA EXTRACT; ORYZA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM HYDROPIPER EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACORUS CALAMUS; AESCHYNOMENE ASPERA; ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS; AMMANNIA AURICULATA; AMMANNIA BACCIFERA; ANISEIA MARTINICENSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; ASTHMA; BERIBERI; BRONCHITIS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHICKENPOX; CHRONIC PAIN; COIX; COIX AQUATICA; COIX LACHRYMA; COLDENIA PROCUMBENS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS; COMMELINA DIFFUSA; COMMELINA ERECTA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CRYPTOCORYNE RETROSPIRALIS; CYANOTIS AXILLARIS; CYATHOCLINE PURPUREA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS IRIA; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; DENTELLA REPENS; DYSENTERY; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; ECZEMA; EPALTES DIVARRICATA; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FURUNCULOSIS; GLINUS OPPOSITIFOILUS; GONORRHEA; GRANGEA MADERASPATANA; HEADACHE; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYDROLEA ZEYLANICA; HYGROPHILIA SCHULLI; HYGRORYZA ARISTATA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INSOMNIA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; ISCHAEMUM RUGOSUM; JAUNDICE; LAGENANDRA OVATA; LEOCHARIS DULCIS; LEPROSY; LEUKORRHEA; LIMNOPHILA INDICA; LINDERNIA ANAGALLIS; LINDERNIA CILIATA; LINDERNIA CRUSTACEA; LINDERNIA OPPOSITIFOLIA; LINDERNIA PROCUMBENS; LUDWIGIA ASCENDENS; LUDWIGIA OCTOVALVIS; MALARIA; MARSILEA MINUTA; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MONOCHORIA HASTATA; MONOCHORIA VAGINALIS; MURDANNIA NUDIFLORA; MUSCLE SPASM; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA NOUCHALI; NYMPHAEA PUBESCENS; NYMPHOIDES HYDROPHYLLA; NYMPHOIDES INDICA; OTTELIA ALISMOIDES; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYLA NODIFLORA; PISTIA STRATIOTES; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PNEUMONIA; POLYGONUM BARBATUM; POLYGONUM GLABRUM; POLYGONUM HYDRPIPER; POLYGONUM PLEBELUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RICE; ROTALA INDICA; ROTALA ROTUNDIFOLIA; ROTULA AQUATICA; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS; SPHENICLEA ZEYLANICA; SPILANTHES CALVA; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; SYPHILIS; TINEA; TOOTH PAIN; TRAPA NATANS; TYPHA DOMININGENSIS; ULCER; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS; VETIVERIA; WEDELIA CHINENSIS; WETLAND; XYRIS INDICA;

CENTELLA ASIATICA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; LINDERNIA CRUSTACEA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 84856001676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPRx11.005     Document Type: Review

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