Plants used in ethno-veterinary medicine by malayali tribals in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India

Medicinal Plants

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-215

  Selvaraju, A ^a   Ayyanar, M ^a   Rathinakumar, S S ^b   Sekar, T ^a  

^a PACHAIYAPPA S COLLEGE   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary medicine; Malayali tribals; Salem district; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT;

ABRUS; ABUTILON INDICUM; ACALYPHA INDICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; COW; DATURA METEL; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; GOAT; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMMELO; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENNA AURICULATA; STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA; TRADITIONAL HEALER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84877803659     PISSN: 09754261     EISSN: 09756892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5958/j.0975-4261.3.3.034     Document Type: Article

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