Anti-snake venom botanicals used by the ethnic groups of Purulia District, West Bengal, India

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-165

  Dey, Abhijit ^a   Nath De, Jitendra ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Charuchandra College   (India)

Author keywords

ethnomedicine; pharmacology; Snakebite

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

DRUG; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SNAKE; VENOM;

ACANTHACEAE; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ADULT; AGED; AMARANTHACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; CAPPARACEAE; CAPPARIS ZEYLANICA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVOLVULACEAE; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FICUS BENGBALENSIS; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LAMIACEAE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; MORACEAE; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; RAUVOLFIA TETRAPHYLLA; SNAKEBITE; URARIA LAGOPODIOIDES;

INDIA; PURULIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84860486236     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2011.652298     Document Type: Article

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