Documentation of ethnomedicinal knowledge of hilly tract areas of East Godavri District Of Andhra Pradesh, India

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 369-374

  Ratna Raju, Y ^a   Yugandhar, P ^a   Savithramma, N ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

East Godavari District; Ethnic groups; Medicinal plants; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BIXA ORELLANA EXTRACT; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT; CASCABELA THEVETIA EXTRACT; CELOSIA ARGENTEA EXTRACT; CIPADESSA BACCIFERA EXTRACT; DATURA INNOXIA EXTRACT; DESMODIUM GANGETICUM EXTRACT; DILLENIA INDICA EXTRACT; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; FICUS BENGHALENSIS EXTRACT; HABENARIA ROXBURGHII EXTRACT; JUSTICIA GLAUCA EXTRACT; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; MARTYNIA ANNUA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA ALATA EXTRACT; SENNA AURICULATA EXTRACT; THALICTRUM FOLIOLOSUM EXTRACT; TURMERIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BARK; DOCUMENTATION; DYSENTERY; ETHNIC GROUP; FLOWER; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORPION STING; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND;

EID: 84899835794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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