Quantitative ethnomedicinal study of plants used in the Nelliyampathy hills of Kerala, India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 238-254

  Vijayakumar, S ^a   Morvin Yabesh, J E ^a   Prabhu, S ^a   Manikandan, R ^a   Muralidharan, B ^b  

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

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Kerala; Medicinal plants; Nelliyampathy hills; Quantitative ethnobotany

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; LATEX; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACANTHACEAE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; CUCURBITACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FLOWER; FRUIT; HERB; HUMAN; INDIA; LAMIACEAE; MALE; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RHIZOME; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHRUB; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TREE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MALVACEAE; MORACEAE; MYRTACEAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84921464496     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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