A study on traditional medicinal plants of Uthapuram, Madurai District, Tamilnadu, South India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 975-979

  Sivasankari, Balayogan ^a   Pitchaimani, Subburaj ^a   Anandharaj, Marimuthu ^a  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Madurai District; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine; Uthapuram

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; AMARANTHACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; CAESALPINIA; CAPPARACEAE; CARICACEAE; COMMELINACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FLOWER; FRUIT; INDIA; LAMIACEAE; LILIACEAE; LYTHRACEAE; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MORACEAE; MORINGACEAE; MUSACEAE; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PIPERACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; PORTULACACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SOLANACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBENACEAE; VITACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

MADURAI DISTRICT; MEDICINAL PLANTS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTHAPURAM;

BIODIVERSITY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84884779914     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60188-4     Document Type: Article

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