Dental care of Andaman and Nicobar folks: Medicinal plants use as tooth stick

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Rasingam, L ^a   Jeeva, S ^b   Kannan, D ^c  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b NESAMONY MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^c THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Ethobotany; Medicinal Plants; Oral Health Care; Tooth Sticks

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACACIA NILOTICA; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BREYNIA VITIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; INDIA; JATROPHA CURCAS; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA; MORACEAE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMILACACEAE; SMILAX BRACTEATA; STREBLUS ASPER; UVARIA LURIDA;

EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 84865988359     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60353-0     Document Type: Article

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