A survey on medicinal materials used in traditional systems of medicine in Sri Lanka

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 679-691

  Kankanamalage, T N M ^a   Dharmadasa, R M ^b   Abeysinghe, D C ^a   Wijesekara, R G S ^a  

^a WAYAMBA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Medicinal materials; Sri Lanka; Survey; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL USE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; AYURVEDA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; CARDAMOM; CENTELLA ASIATICA; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; FAMILY; GINGER; HUMAN; INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA; INTERVIEW; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTMEG; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHIZOME; SRI LANKA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TRACHYSPERMUM ROXBURGHIANUM; ZINGIBER; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84904987158     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.016     Document Type: Article

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