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| Title: | Some new ethnomedicinal uses of Milkweed in the Indian desert |
| Authors: | Kumar, Suresh
Goyal, Sangeeta
Chauhan, Aruna
Parveen, Farzana |
| Keywords: | Medicinal Plants
Indian Desert
Milkweed
Ethnomedicine
Rajasthan |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2005 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.7: A61K35/78, A61P3/10, A61P9/00, A61P9/14, A61P11/00, A61P11/10, A61P11/14, A61P15/00, A61P17/02, A61P19/10, A61P19/02, A61P27/00, A61P29/00, A61P31/02, A61P33/02, A61P35/00, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: |
Survey of desert dwellers in 102 villages in the Indian
desert revealed many ethnomedicinal uses of commonly occurring Asclepiadaceous
shrub called Milkweed, Calotropis procera
(Ait.) R. Br.
The information has been compared with 43 uses reported in previously published
records and a total of 28 new medicinal uses have been found. Veterinary uses of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. have also been reported. In
view of its new curative uses, need for their pharmacological validation has
been emphasized.
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| Page(s): | 448-455 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.04(4) [October 2005]
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