Traditional use of medicinal plants as febrifuge by the tribals of Purulia district, West Bengal, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL2, 2012, Pages

  Dey, Abhijit ^a   De, Jitendra Nath ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Botany   (India)

Author keywords

Antipyretic; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Purulia

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

AEGLE MARMELOS; AILANTHUS EXCELSA; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANSCORA ALATA; CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA; CROTON OBLONGIFOLIUS; CYANOTIS TUBEROSA; ETHNIC GROUP; EXACUM TETRAGONUM; FEVER; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; GINGER; GREWIA HIRSUTA; GUILANDINA BONDUC; HOLOSTEMMA ADA; HUMAN; HYMENODICTYON ORIXENSE; INDIA; LINDERNIA OPPOSITIFOLIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMOSA RUBICAULIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTHECA SERRATA; RUNGIA PECTINATA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHOREA ROBUSTA; SIDA CORDATA; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VELVET BEAN;

EID: 84871791680     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(12)60268-0     Document Type: Article

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