31Dec 2016

ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AGAINST SOME COMMON DISEASES IN ALIGARH DISTRICT, U.P., INDIA.

  • Department of Botany Divya Nand Vidyamandir Mahavidyalaya, Sandila, Hardoi.
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Since the ancient time, plant species have been used as the source of phytomedicine by the human beings. Plants are the richest source of medicine due to the presence of biochemical, which are useful to cure the various diseases. The present paper provides the information on the phytoremedies practiced by the Hakim, Vaidh and Local people of interior area of Aligarh district, U.P., India. During the floristic survey for collection the ethnomedicinal informations, 61 plant species belonging to 35 Families, 57 Genera were found to be used to cure various common diseases like amoebiosis, bronchitis, cold & cough, diarrhoea, dysentery etc.


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[Yogendra Singh. (2016); ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AGAINST SOME COMMON DISEASES IN ALIGARH DISTRICT, U.P., INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Dec). 1548-1553] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Yogendra Singh
HOD, Department of Botany

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2554      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2554