Observation on the traditional phytotherapy among the Malayali tribes in Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, South India

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-214

  Francis Xavier, Thangaraj ^a   Kannan, Moorthy ^a   Auxilia, Anthonysamy ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Hepatoprotective; Herbal drugs; New claims; Novelty index; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABELMOSCHUS; ABUTILON INDICUM; ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACALYPHA INDICA; ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ALANGIUM SALVIFOLIUM; ALOE VERA; ALPINIA GALANGA; ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARTICLE; ASYSTASIA CHELONOIDES; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BANANA; BIDENS PILOSA; BLACK PEPPER; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; CONSENSUS; CUMIN; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; CYNODON DACTYLON; DATURA METEL; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; FICUS RACEMOSA; FRUIT; GARLIC; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HERB; HUMAN; INDIA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; LANTANA CAMARA; LIME (FRUIT); MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMOSA PUDICA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; OBSERVATION; OKRA; PH; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPER LONGUM; PLANT SEED; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENNA AURICULATA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SHRUB; SISAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SOLANUM TORVUM; SOLANUM TRILOBATUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; VITEX NEGUNDO; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOBOTANY; PROCEDURES;

ASYSTASIA; PIPER NIGRUM;

ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84924981012     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.02.045     Document Type: Article

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