Zootherapeutic uses of animals by Mech tribe living in Duars of West Bengal, India

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 557-563

  Sarkar, Ajita ^a   Biswa, Ritesh ^b   Das, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Animals; Duars; Mech tribe; Plants; Traditional medicine; Zootherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904330451     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Jana MM, Management and development of river basins in North Bengal using remote sensing techniques, J Ind Soc Remote Sensing, 25(2) (1997) 105-111.
2. Mukherjee SK, A sketch of the vegetation of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, J Ind Soc Remote Sensing, 7 (1965) 134-137.
3. Jaroli, D P, Mahawar, M M & Vyas N, An ethnozoological study in the adjoining areas of Mount Abu wildlife sanctuary, India, J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 6(6) (2010), http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/6/1/6
4. Jain SK, Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany, (Deep Publications, New Delhi), 1991.
5. Anonymous, Statistical Data for West Bengal, (Government of West Bengal, Calcutta), 2001.
6. Bhattacharya K, B for Bengal, T for Tribes, (Papyrus, Calcutta), 2004.
7. Das A P, Ghosh C, Sarkar A & Biswas R, Ethnobotanical Studies in India with notes on Terai-Duars and hills of Darjiling and Sikkim, NBU J Pl Sci, 1 (2007) 67-83.
8. Sarkar A & Das AP, Ethnobotanical formulations for the treatment of jaundice by the Mech tribe in Duars of West Bengal, Indian J Tradit Knowle, 9(1) (2010) 134-136.
9. Rai SK & Bhujel RB, Notes on some less known ethnomedicinal plants from the Darjeeling Himalayas, J Hill Res, 12(2) (1999) 160-163.
10. Mitra S & Mukherjee SK, Some abortifacient plants used by the tribal people of West Bengal, Nat Prod Rad, 8(2) (2009) 167-171.
11. Jain SK, Glimpses of Indian Ethnobotany, (Oxford & IBH, New Delhi), 1981.
12. Jain SK, A Manual of Ethnobotany, (Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur), 1987.
13. Oudhia P, Traditional knowledge about medicinal insects, mites and spiders in Chhattisgarh, India, Insect Environment, (1995), http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/06_ medicinal_insects.html.
14. Costa-Neto EM, Animal-based medicines: biological prospection and the sustainable use of zootherapeutic resources, An Acad Bras Cienc, 77(1) (2005) 33-43.
15. Tripathy BB, Drabya Guna Kalpa Druma, Orissa, Vols. I & II, (Publ DP Tripathy, Bellaguntha, Ganjam District), 1995, 5.
16. Kalita D, Dutta M & Islam NF, Few plants and animal based folk medicines from Dibrugarh District, Assam. Indian J Tradit Knowle, 4 (2005) 181-185.
17. Patil SH, Ethno-medico-zoological studies on Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, Indian J Tradit Knowle, 2 (2003) 3297-3299.
18. Kakati LN & Doulo V, Indigenous knowledge system of zootherapeutic use by Chakhesang tribe of Nagaland, India, J Hum Ecol, 13(6) (2002) 419-423.
19. Mahawar MM & Jaroli DP, Traditional knowledge on zootherapeutic uses by the Saharia tribe of Rajasthan, India, J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 3:25 (2007), doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-25.
20. Gupta L, Silori CS, Mistry N & Dixit AM, Use of Animals and Animal products in traditional health care systems in District Kachchh, Gujarat, Indian J Tradit Knowle, 2 (2003) 1346-356.
21. Jain SK, Methods and Approaches in Ethnobotany, (Society for Ethnobotanists, Lucknow), 1989.
22. Ali S, The Book of Indian Birds, (Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay), 1996.
23. Prater SH, The Book of Indian Animals, (Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay), 1996.
24. Agarwal VC, Das PK, Chakraborty S, Ghose RK, Mandal AK, Chakraborty TK, Poddar AK, Lal JP, Bhattacharya TP & Ghosh MK, Mammalian, In: State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal, Part 1, (Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta), 1992, 69-72.
25. Majumdar N, Ray CS, Ghosal DK, Dasgupta JM, Basuroy S & Datta BK, Aves, In: State Fauna Series 3, Fauna of West Bengal, Part 1, (Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta), 1992, 171-418.
26. Ahmed S & Dasgupta G, Reptilia, In: State Fauna Series 3, Fauna of West Bengal, Part 2, (Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta), 1992, 1-65.
27. Biswas B & Biswas K, Araneae: Spiders, In: State Fauna Series 3, Fauna of West Bangal, Part 3, (Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta), 1992, 357-500.
28. Thakur DK, Mitra SC & Mitra S, Land and Freshwater Molluscs (Part-II), In: State Fauna Series 3, Fauna of West Bengal, Part 9, (Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta), 1992, 53-65.
29. Jayaram KC, The Freshwater Fishes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma, (Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta), 1994, 475.
30. Deb M, Crustacea: Decapoda: Crabs, In: State Fauna Series 3, Fauna of West Bengal, Part 10, (Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta), 1999, 345-403.
31. Jain SK & Rao RR, A Handbook of Field and Herbarium Methods, (Today & Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi), 1977.
32. Grierson AJC & Long DG, Flora of Bhutan, Vol. 1, (Parts 1, 2 & 3), (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh), 1983, 1987, 1994.
33. Grierson AJC & Long DG, Flora of Bhutan, Vol. 2, (Parts 1, 2, & 3), (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.), 1991, 1999, 2001.
34. Noltie HJ, Flora of Bhutan, Vol. 3, (Parts 1 & 2), (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh), 1994, 2000.
35. Khare CP, Encyclopedia of Indian Medicinal Plants, (Springer, Germany), 2004.
36. Das AP & Mandal S, Some Medicinal Plants of Darjeeling Hills, (WWF-India & Projektwerkstatt Teekampagne, Kolkata & Berlin), 2003.
37. Das AP, Alam MU, Ghosh C & Biswas R, Uttarbange Chashjogya Aksato Veshoj Udvid [in Bengali. One Hundred Medicinal Plants Suitable for Cultivation in India], (University of North Bengal, Siliguri), 2008.
38. stEdition. (University of North Bengal & Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture. Registrar, University of North Bengal, West Bengal), 2010.
39. WHO/IUCN/WWF, Guidelines on Conservation of Medicinal Plants. Switzerland 1993 http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/ pdf/guidesonmedplants.pdf.
40. China National Corporation of Traditional and Herbal Medicine, Materia medica commonly used in China Beijing, Science Press, 1995, 8.
41. Alves RR & Rosa IL, Zootherapy goes to town: The use of animal-based remedies in urban areas of NE and N Brazil, J Ethnopharmacol, 113 (2007) 541-555.
42. Tamang G, An Ethnozoological Study of the Tamang people, Nature, 1 (2003) 37-41.
43. Lev E & Amar Z, Ethnophrmacological survey of traditional drugs sold in the kingdom of Jordan, J Ethnopharmacol, 82 (2002) 131-145.
44. Khatun Z, Bhuiyan P, Roney MSI & Rahmatullah M, Traditional knowledge on zootherapeutic practices among some folk medicinal practitioners of Bangladesh, Am-Eurasian J Sustain Agric, 7(3) (2013) 155-161.
45. Mahawar MM & Jaroli DP, Animals and their products utilized as medicines by the inhabitants surrounding the Ranthambhore National Park, India, J Ethnobiol Ethnomedicine, 2:46 (2006) doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-46.
46. Dixit AK, Kadavul K, Rajalakshmi S & Shekhawat MS, Ethno-medico-biological studies of South India, Indian J Tradit Knowle, 9(1) (2010) 116-118.
47. El-Kamali HH, Folk medicinal use of some animal products in Central Sudan, J Ethnopharmacol, 72 (2000) 279-282.