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Ethnomedicinal Investigation of Medicinal Plants of Chakrata Region (Uttarakhand) Used in the Traditional Medicine for Diabetes by Jaunsari Tribe
| العنوان: | Ethnomedicinal Investigation of Medicinal Plants of Chakrata Region (Uttarakhand) Used in the Traditional Medicine for Diabetes by Jaunsari Tribe |
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| المؤلفون: | Ankit Kumar, Sonali Aswal, Ashutosh Chauhan, Ruchi Badoni Semwal, Abhimanyu Kumar, Deepak Kumar Semwal |
| المصدر: | Natural Products and Bioprospecting, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 175-200 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | SpringerOpen |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Ayurveda, Diabetes, Herbal formulations, Traditional healers, Folk medicine, Botany, QK1-989 |
| الوصف: | The Himalayan region is the treasure house of natural wealth, particularly of medicinal and aromatic plants. These plants are used by the Indian traditional healers for the past many centuries to treat various ailments such as skin disorders, asthma, diabetes, snake bite, fever, pain, eye diseases, diarrhoea, indigestion, jaundice, burn, wound, liver disorder, CNS disorders and urinary tract infection. The indigenous traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and therapies of various local communities has been lost due to changes in traditional culture and the introduction of modern technologies. Therefore, it is essential to explore the traditional knowledge of the indigenous medicinal plants mainly in such areas where there is a severe threat to natural vegetation owing to human inhabitation. The present study aimed to explore the medicinal plants of Chakrata region (Jaunsar–Bawar Hills), Uttarakhand, India used in the folk medicine for the management of diabetes by Jaunsari Tribe. In a comprehensive field survey, the information about the medicinal plants have been mainly collected from the traditional healers and other elderly people belong to the tribal community. All the information about the medicinal plants of the study area was documented in a field book. Various tools have been used to collect the samples for identification purpose and the authentication of the plants was done with the help of taxonomists. The literature on these plants was also searched from online (PubMed and Scopus) as well as from some textbooks and Ayurvedic classical texts. The present survey-based work described a total of 54 plants belonging to 47 genera and 30 families used in the traditional medicine for the management of diabetes in Chakrata region. The information gathered from the local community revealed that the plants are effective in diabetes and one can use most of them without consulting a practitioner or traditional healer. The literature revealed that most of the surveyed plants are already used in the ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2192-2195 2192-2209 |
| العلاقة: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13659-019-0202-5Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2192-2195Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2192-2209Test; https://doaj.org/article/985a2507f76a4e21be25c6829f8b8db7Test |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13659-019-0202-5 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13659-019-0202-5Test https://doaj.org/article/985a2507f76a4e21be25c6829f8b8db7Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.671C596F |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 21922195 21922209 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s13659-019-0202-5 |