Documentation and quantitative analysis of the local knowledge on medicinal plants in Kalrayan hills of Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-20

  Prabhu, S ^a   Vijayakumar, S ^a   Yabesh, J E Morvin ^a   Ravichandran, K ^a   Sakthivel, B ^a  

^a A V V M SRI PUSHPAM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Kalrayan hills; Tamil Nadu; Traditional healer practitioners; Villupuram district

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSICIAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADITIONAL HEALER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

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

EID: 84907894013     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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