ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS

Tribals of India have been using many plants for curing their ailments since time immemorial. Plants most commonly used by different tribal population in India against skin infections have been listed out in this report. Some of these plants have already been proved scientifically to possess antimic...

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Autor principal: Iyer, S. Radhika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556578
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description Tribals of India have been using many plants for curing their ailments since time immemorial. Plants most commonly used by different tribal population in India against skin infections have been listed out in this report. Some of these plants have already been proved scientifically to possess antimicrobial and antiallergic principles. Many more are yet to be surveyed and proven for their known medicinal value. Once the principles underlying the particular activity of the plants described are known, they could safely by recommended for use for the rest of the population of our country, as it would not only be effective but also a cheaper source of drug.
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spelling pubmed-33366052012-04-27 ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS Iyer, S. Radhika Anc Sci Life Original Article Tribals of India have been using many plants for curing their ailments since time immemorial. Plants most commonly used by different tribal population in India against skin infections have been listed out in this report. Some of these plants have already been proved scientifically to possess antimicrobial and antiallergic principles. Many more are yet to be surveyed and proven for their known medicinal value. Once the principles underlying the particular activity of the plants described are known, they could safely by recommended for use for the rest of the population of our country, as it would not only be effective but also a cheaper source of drug. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1992 /pmc/articles/PMC3336605/ /pubmed/22556578 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.
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ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS
title ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS
title_full ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS
title_fullStr ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS
title_full_unstemmed ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS
title_short ETHNOBOTANY OF CERTAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY TRIBALS OF INDIA AGAINST SKIN INFECTIONS
title_sort ethnobotany of certain medicinal plants used by tribals of india against skin infections
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336605/
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