Ethnobotanical study of plants used to treat Diabetes by tribal people of Kolli hills, namakkal district,Tamilnadu, Southern India

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 404-411

  Elavarasi, S ^a   Saravanan, K ^a  

^a NEHRU MEMORIAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic plants; Diabetes; Ethnobotanical study; Kolli Hills

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ADHATODA VASICA; AEGLE MARMELOS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTICLE; COSTUS IGNEUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA NERIIFOLIA; FICUS RACEMOSA; FINGER MILLET; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; INDIA; JUSTICIA TRANQUEBARIENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; POLYGALA ELONAGATA; SENNA AURICULATA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 84859969941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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