Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used by the Reang tribe of Tripura state of India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-141

  Shil, Sanjib ^a   Dutta Choudhury, Manabendra ^a   Das, Soumita ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicinal plants; Fidelity level; Informant consensus factor; Reang tribe; Traditional knowledge; Tripura state

Indexed keywords

ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS; FIDELITY LEVEL; INFORMANT CONSENSUS FACTOR; REANG TRIBE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TRIPURA STATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84893843809     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.12.037     Document Type: Article

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