Ethnobotanical Study of Anti-diabetic medicinal plants used by the local people in Javadhu hills Tamilnadu, India

To conduct an ethnobotanical survey and to collect information from local people of Javadhu hills about the use of traditional medicinal plants diabetes treatment. Javadhu hills were surveyed through interviewing randomly selected 312 local participants using semi-structured questionnaire and regula...

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Published in:Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine 2012-02, Vol.2 (2), p.S910-S913
Main Authors: Thirumalai, T., Beverly, C David, Sathiyaraj, K., Senthilkumar, B., David, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diabetes Mellitus
Ethnomedicine
Local people
Medicinal plants
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Summary:To conduct an ethnobotanical survey and to collect information from local people of Javadhu hills about the use of traditional medicinal plants diabetes treatment. Javadhu hills were surveyed through interviewing randomly selected 312 local participants using semi-structured questionnaire and regular field visits. The investigations revealed that about 40 traditional plant species and their local names with parts used for the treatment were recorded by the local people of Javadhu hills. The study led to the abundant knowledge of wealth of traditional medicinal plants that are being used for the diabetes treatment by the local people of Javadhu hills.
ISSN:2221-1691
2588-9222
DOI:10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60335-9