Traditional use of plants against snakebite in indian subcontinent: A review of the recent literature

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dey, Abhijit ^a   De, Jitendra Nath ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Charuchandra College   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Review; Snakebite; Subcontinent

Indexed keywords

ABRUS; ACANTHUS ILICIFOLIUS; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; AEGLE MARMELOS; AERVA LANATA; AESCHYNOMENE INDICA; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; AGLAIA ROXBURGHIANA; ALANGIUM SALVIIFOLIUM; ALBIZIA AMARA; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ALTHEA OFFICINALIS; AMARANTHUS BLITUM; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANISOMELES MALABARICA; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ANTHOCEPHALUS CHINENSIS; ARISAEMA JACQUEMONTII; ARISAEMA TORTUOSUM; ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA; ARISTOLOCHIA KRISAGATHRA; ARISTOLOCHIA TAGALA; ARTOCARPUS HIRSUTUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; BACOPA MONNIERI; BANGLADESH; BARLERIA CRISTATA; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BIOPHYTUM CANDOLLEANUM; BLACK PEPPER; BLEPHARISPERMUM PETIOLARE; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; BOMBAX CEIBA; BUCHANANIA LANZAN; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CASEARIA GRAVEOLENS; CASSIA FISTULA; CASSIA HIRSUTA; CASSIA OCCIDENTAL; CHASALIA CURVIFLORA; CHEILOCOSTUS SPECIOSUS; CIPADESSA BACCIFERA; CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA; CLEISTANTHUS COLLINUS; CLITORIA TERNATEA; CROTALARIA PALLIDA; CRYPTOLEPIS BUCHANANII; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; DATURA METEL; DRYOPTERIS COCHLEATA; ELEUSINE INDICA; ELYTRARIA ACAULIS; ERVATAMIA CORONARIA; ERYTHRINA INDICA; ETHNOBOTANY; EULOPHIA NUDA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; FICUS HIRTA; FICUS PROSTRATA; FICUS RACEMOSA; FLACOURTIA INDICA; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GREWIA GAMBLEI; GYMNOSPORIA ROYLEANA; HELICTERES ISORA; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; HUMAN; INDIA; ISONANDRA LANCEOLATA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; LEEA COMPACTIFLORA; LEPIDAGATHIS CRISTATA; LEUCAS ASPERA; LEUCAS CEPHALOTES; LEUCAS LINIFOLIA; LITSEA LIGUSTRINA; LOBELIA NICOTIANIFOLIA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSORIUM PUNCTATUM; MILIUSA ERIOCARPA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MUSCARI COMMUTATUM; NEPAL; NERIUM OLEANDER; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM ADSCENDENS; OILSEED TURNIP; ONION; OPLISMENUS COMPOSITUS; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAKISTAN; PARABAENA SAGITTATA; PARNASSIA NUBICOLA; PERISTROPHE PANICULATA; PERSICARIA CHINENSIS; PLECTRANTHUS RUGOSUS; POLYGONUM PERFOLIATUM; PYRETHRUM; RAUVOLFIA TETRAPHYLLA; RAUWOLFIA; REVIEW; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; SANSEVIERIA ROXBURGHIANA; SANSEVIERIA TRIFASCIATA; SAPINDUS LAURIFOLIUS; SAUROMATUM VENOSUM; SENNA TORA; SIDA CORDIFOLIA; SIDA RHOMBIFOLIA; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM CAPSICOIDES; SOLANUM TORVUM; STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA; TAMARIND; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TARENNA ODORATA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHODESMA INDICUM; TYLOPHORA; URENA LOBATA; VERNONIA ANTHELMINTICA; VITEX NEGUNDO; WILLUGHBEIA EDULIS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; ANGIOSPERM; FERN; PHYTOTHERAPY; SNAKE BITES;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANGIOSPERMS; BANGLADESH; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PTERIDOPHYTA; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 84897367915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v9i1.20     Document Type: Review

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