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| Title: | Survey of crude drugs from Coimbatore city |
| Authors: | Nisha, Mathan C
Rajeshkumar, Sevanan |
| Keywords: | Coimbatore
Crude drugs
Medicinal plants |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.8 - A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | In order to prepare a list of the raw drugs sold in Coimbatore city, a market
survey was conducted. There are 72 species spreading over 41 families and
according to their life forms, 29 are herbs, 13 shrubs, 23 trees and 7 climbers
and 88% of these belong to the dicotyledons. It was also noticed that various
plant parts were used as crude drugs. The species like Acacia nilotica (Linn.) Willd. ex Del. subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan, Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall.
ex Nees, Eclipta prostrata (Linn.)
Linn., Adhatoda zeylanica Medic., Zingiber officinale Rosc., Acorus calamus Linn., Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urban, Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn., Solanum nigrum Linn. and Gymnema sylvestre (Retz) Schult. have
higher market potential. Most of the crude drugs are already commercially
cultivated in India
but a few endangered plants like Dysoxylum
malabaricum Bedd., Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz
are also sold in the market. If the same trend continues, we may have to lose
our valuable plant heritage by way of over exploitation of the wild and
endangered species. There is an urgent need of documentation
of this irreplaceable knowledge to meet the ever growing demand of medicinal
plants in the market. |
| Page(s): | 376-383 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.1(3) [September 2010]
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