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| Title: | Documentation of folk knowledge on medicinal plants of Gulbarga district, Karnataka |
| Authors: | Ghatapanadi, SR
Johnson, Nicky
Rajasab, AH |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Medicinal plants
Karnataka |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/04, A61P1/08, A61P1/06, A61P1/16, A61P11/00, A61P13/00, A61P15/00, A61P17/00, A61P17/08, A61P25/00, A61P27/16, A61P19/00, A61P29/00, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: | An ethnobotanical survey was undertaken to collect
information from traditional healers on the use of medicinal plants in Gulbarga district of
Karnataka. The indigenous knowledge of local traditional healers and the native
plants used for medicinal purposes were collected through questionnaire and
personal interviews. In the region, 52 plant species belonging to 27 families
have been documented and scientifically validated for their therapeutic
properties. People of the area depend on traditional medicinal plants for the
treatment in primary healthcare. As and when the number of traditional healers
dwindles, there is a danger of losing their traditional knowledge. Hence, there
is a need for documentation of traditional knowledge as well as plants used for
the treatment. |
| Page(s): | 349-353 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.10(2) [April 2011]
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