‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA

Amrithapala (Janakia arayalpatra), a rare and endemic plant species found in the Southern forests of Western Ghat region of kerala, is used by the local ‘Kani’ tribe as an effective remedy for peptic ulcer, cancer-like afflictions and as a rejuvenating tonic. Search made in Ayurvedic literature indi...

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Autores principales: Pushpagadan, P., Rajasekharan, A., Ratheeshkumar, P.K., Jawahar, C.R., Radhakrishnan, K., Nair, C.P.R., Amma, L. Sarada, Bhatt Aicrpe, A. V.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557701
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author Pushpagadan, P.
Rajasekharan, A.
Ratheeshkumar, P.K.
Jawahar, C.R.
Radhakrishnan, K.
Nair, C.P.R.
Amma, L. Sarada
Bhatt Aicrpe, A. V.
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Rajasekharan, A.
Ratheeshkumar, P.K.
Jawahar, C.R.
Radhakrishnan, K.
Nair, C.P.R.
Amma, L. Sarada
Bhatt Aicrpe, A. V.
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description Amrithapala (Janakia arayalpatra), a rare and endemic plant species found in the Southern forests of Western Ghat region of kerala, is used by the local ‘Kani’ tribe as an effective remedy for peptic ulcer, cancer-like afflictions and as a rejuvenating tonic. Search made in Ayurvedic literature indicates that the plant may be the divine drug named variously as MRITHA SANJEEVINI (the drug that can revive unconscious or dead) or SANJEEVINI, THAMPRA RASAYANI in the Oushadha Nighantu (Dictionary of Medicinal Drugs) of Tayyil Kumaran Krishnan (1906)
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spelling pubmed-33313352012-04-27 ‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA Pushpagadan, P. Rajasekharan, A. Ratheeshkumar, P.K. Jawahar, C.R. Radhakrishnan, K. Nair, C.P.R. Amma, L. Sarada Bhatt Aicrpe, A. V. Anc Sci Life Original Article Amrithapala (Janakia arayalpatra), a rare and endemic plant species found in the Southern forests of Western Ghat region of kerala, is used by the local ‘Kani’ tribe as an effective remedy for peptic ulcer, cancer-like afflictions and as a rejuvenating tonic. Search made in Ayurvedic literature indicates that the plant may be the divine drug named variously as MRITHA SANJEEVINI (the drug that can revive unconscious or dead) or SANJEEVINI, THAMPRA RASAYANI in the Oushadha Nighantu (Dictionary of Medicinal Drugs) of Tayyil Kumaran Krishnan (1906) Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC3331335/ /pubmed/22557701 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Pushpagadan, P.
Rajasekharan, A.
Ratheeshkumar, P.K.
Jawahar, C.R.
Radhakrishnan, K.
Nair, C.P.R.
Amma, L. Sarada
Bhatt Aicrpe, A. V.
‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA
title ‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA
title_full ‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA
title_fullStr ‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA
title_full_unstemmed ‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA
title_short ‘AMRITHAPALA’ (Janakia arayalpatra, Joseph & Chandrasekharan), A NEW DRUG FROM THE KANI TRIBE OF KERALA
title_sort ‘amrithapala’ (janakia arayalpatra, joseph & chandrasekharan), a new drug from the kani tribe of kerala
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557701
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