Herbal medicines used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Arunachal Himalaya, northeast, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 786-795

  Tag, Hui ^a   Kalita, P ^a   Dwivedi, P ^b   Das, A K ^a   Namsa, Nima D ^c  

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; Diabetes; Herbal medicine; Khamptis "Chau ya" traditional healers; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTES EXTRACT; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ARDISIA PEDUNCULOSA EXTRACT; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA PURPUREA EXTRACT; BEGONIA ROXBURGHII EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; CALAMUS TENUIS EXTRACT; CALLICARPA ARBOREA EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM COLEBROOKIANUM EXTRACT; CLERODENDRUM VISCOSUM EXTRACT; COPTIS TEETA EXTRACT; CUDRANIA COCHINCHINENSIS EXTRACT; CURCUMA CAESIA EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; DILLENIA INDICA EXTRACT; DIPLAZIUM ESCULENTUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IPOMOEA AQUATICA EXTRACT; LECTUCA GRACILIS EXTRACT; MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS EXTRACT; MONOCHORIA VAGINALIS EXTRACT; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; OXALIS GRIFFITHII EXTRACT; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM EXTRACT; SOLANUM VIARUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTES; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARDISIA PEDUNCULOSA; ARTICLE; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BAUHINIA PURPUREA; BEGONIA ROXBURGHII; BIDENS PILOSA; CALAMUS TENUIS; CALLICARPA ARBOREA; CLERODENDRUM COLEBROOKIANUM; CLERODENDRUM VISCOSUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COPTIS TEETA; CUDRANIA COCHINCHINENSIS; CURCUMA CAESIA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DILLENIA INDICA; DIPLAZIUM ESCULENTUM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; LECTUCA GRACILIS; LIME (FRUIT); MALE; MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS; MONOCHORIA VAGINALIS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; OXALIS GRIFFITHII; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOLANUM VIARUM; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

BEGONIA ROXBURGHII; CALLICARPA ARBOREA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DILLENIA INDICA; DIPLAZIUM ESCULENTUM; MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS; OXALIS; RODENTIA; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; SOLANUM VIARUM;

EID: 84861333621     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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