The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of gonorrhoea and syphilis in South West Bengal of India

International Journal of Phytomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-17

  Das, Dulal Chandra ^a   Sinha, Nirmalya Kumar ^a   Chattopadhyay, Jadab Chandra ^b   Das, Monalisa ^c   Samanta, Pradip ^a  

^a Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Dialysis Unit   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Gonorrhoea; Herbal practitioners; South West Bengal; Syphilis; Women's health care

Indexed keywords

ABRUS; ABRUS PULCHELLUS; ABUTILON INDICUM; ACACIA CATECHU; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ALOE VERA; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CASHEW NUT; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHEILOCOSTUS SPECIOSUS; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; CURCUMA LONGA; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; ENHYDRA FLUCTUANS; FLOWER; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GONORRHEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GREWIA SUBINAEQUALIS; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HERBAL MEDICINE; INDIA; IXORA COCCINEA; JATROPHA CURCAS; LITSEA GLUTINOSA; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PAPAYA; PEDALIUM MUREX; PHYLANTHUS FRANTERNUS; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLUMBAGO INDICA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; POUZOLZIA ZEYLANICA; PREMNA ARBOREA; SCOPARIA DULCIS; SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA; STREBLUS ASPER; SYPHILIS; TAMARIND;

EID: 84885967749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09750185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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