scholarly journals ETHNOMEDICINAL APPROACHES FOR TREATING VARIOUS DISEASE BY IRULA TRIBALS, KONBANUR VILLAGE, ANAIKATTI HILLS,THE WESTERN GHATS, COIMBATORE DISTRICT

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Ganesan C.M ◽  
Manigandan A ◽  
Thirumaran G
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Coimbatore District ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Western Ghats

Ethno-medicine means the medical practices for the treatment of ethnic or aborigine people for their health care needs. Indigenous traditional Knowledge is an integral part of the culture and history of a local community. It is evolved through years of regular experimentation on the day to day life and available resources surrounded by the community. The present paper documented 85 ethno-medicinal plants of Konbanur village, Anaikatti, Coimbatore district, the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu belonging to 48 families were used by the Irula tribals for various diseases and food. The conventional ethno medicinal plants were mostly used for different inflammation, cough and cold, leucoderma, different skin diseases, ulcers and leprosy. The medicinal plants used by the Irula tribal traditional users of Konbanur village, Anaikatty hills are arranged alphabetically followed by botanical name, family, local name and medicinal uses

scholarly journals ETHNOMEDICINAL APPROACHES FOR TREATING VARIOUS DISEASE BY IRULAS TRIBALS, KONBANUR VILLAGE, ANAIKATTI HILLS,THE WESTERN GHATS, COIMBATORE DISTRICT

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganesan C.M ◽  
Kumaresan G
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Coimbatore District ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Available Resources

Indigenous traditional Knowledge is an integral part of the culture and history of a local community.It evolves through years of regular experimentation on the day to day life and available resources surrounded by the community. The present paper documented 85 ethno-medicinal plants of Konbanur village, Anaikatti,Coimbatore district, the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu belonging to 48 families were used by the Irula tribals for various diseases and food. The conventional ethno medicinal plants were mostly used for different inflammation, cough and cold, leucoderma, different skin diseases, ulcers and leprosy. The ethnomedicinalplants are arranged alphabetically followed by botanical name, family, local name and medicinal uses.

Tripogon ashihoi (Poaceae: Chloridoideae), a new species from the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
M. Murugesan ◽  
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S. Arumugum ◽  
K.A.A. Kabeer ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Coimbatore District ◽  
Obtuse Apex ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new grass species collected from the Ayyamalai forests, Bolampatti hills of Coimbatore district, the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, is described and illustrated here. The new species is morphologically similar to T. bromoides but differs by having the culms up to 90 cm high; 5–28 cm long sparsely scabrid leaves with acuminate tip; spikelets with 6 –10, linear, fertile florets; upper glume 5 –5.5 mm long with ca. 1.5 mm long mucro at apex, lemma elliptic - oblong, 3–3.5 mm long; central awn from sinus 2.3–3 mm long; palea 2-keeled, ciliate, without setae at obtuse apex and anthers 0.9– 1.1 mm long.

scholarly journals DIVERSITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN ERATTI HILL, THAMARAIKARAI BEAT OF BARGUR RESERVE FOREST, WESTERN GHATS IN ERODE DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Vijayashalini P ◽  
Abirami P
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Flowering Period ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Reserve Forest ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Cardiac Disorders

Objective: This study was planned to document the medicinal plants in Eratti hill.Methods: The medicinal plants were collected during their flowering period from July to September. Voucher specimens of all medicinally valuable plants were collected, poisoned, dried, and mounted with voucher number following the conventional methods.Results: Survey of medicinal plants wealth of Eratti hill, Bargur reserve forest, Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India, was carried out during 2016– 2018. 295 medicinal plant species belonging to 66 families were documented. Of these, the highest number of species belongs to the families were Asteraceae, Acanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae, Amaranthaceae, Lamiaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Malvaceae, Mimosaceae, and Apocynaceae. Herbs held the dominant position followed by shrubs, trees, climbers, and epiphytes. The medicinal plants were used to treat various ailments such as skin diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, fever, colic pain, biliousness, wounds eczema, cardiac disorders, and eye diseases used by the Solagars, Lingayats, and Malayali tribals in the hill.Conclusion: Medicinal plants in Eratti hill play a significant role in primary health care of the ethnic people. This study provides knowledge about herbal treatment of the ethnic people and subsequent pharmacognostical and pharmacological investigations should be made to confirm their mode of preparations.

scholarly journals DOCUMENTATION OF ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND INHERENT INDIGENOUS THERAPEUTIC PLANTS OF COIMBATORE DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-120
Author(s):  
Saradha M ◽  
Samydurai P ◽  
Divya Bharathi G
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Snake Bites ◽  
Coimbatore District ◽  
Community People

The aim of the study was to investigate the medicinal plants used as therapeutic, nutritive and food additives which are consumed by the tribes of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. The information was gathered from the local tribal community people, an aboriginal community who reside in the foothills, aroundthe Coimbatore district. Several field visited to the tribal inhabitant areas to collect data on medicinal and aromatic plants commonly used by them. The observations collected during field visits were put to group discussion. The medicinal plants were identified, photographed and sample specimens were collected for preparation of herbarium. The results of the study have been documented that 47 plants belonging to 24 families and 38 genera used to treat wound healing, diabetics, jaundice, skin diseases, gastro intestinal disorders, ulcer, fever, cold, cough, bronchitis, ring worm, snake bites, burns healing, eye diseases, swelling,rheumatism, cosmetics and also used for malnutrition.

scholarly journals Preliminary phytochemical studies for the quantification of secondary metabolites of medicinal importance in the plant, Acalypha fruticosa Forssk

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Anandakumar ◽  
S. Paulsamy ◽  
P. Sathish Kumar ◽  
P. Senthilkumar
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Coimbatore District ◽  
Phytochemical Compounds ◽  
Phytochemical Studies ◽  
Layer Chromatography

The medicinal plant, Acalypha fruticosa Forssk for the treatment of dyspepsia, stomachache, fever, jaundice, skin diseases and even as an antidote is generally distributed in different environments of tropical region in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. However, its occurrence is more common in lower hills of Western Ghats and other habitats in this region where the soil is stony with low moisture. So far, there was no study on the influence of habitat conditions on the change in the content of secondary metabolites of medicinal importance in this plant. Hence to know the changes in the content of such secondary metabolites in the leaves of A. fruticosa, the present study was undertaken in three different habitats. Thin layer chromatography revealed the presence of phytochemical compounds viz., alkaloids, flavonoids and saponins in the leaves of all the three populations. Further the content of all these compounds are found to be higher in the population of dry habitats.

scholarly journals Potential of ethnobotanical medicinal plants used by Malayali tribes in Yercaud hills, Eastern ghats of Tamil Nadu, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-567
Author(s):  
Rekka Raja ◽  
Nirubama Kumar ◽  
Moorthy Duraisamy
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Preparation Mode

Ethnobotanical knowledge plays an important role in therapeutic beneficial by traditional people of the Yercaud hills, Eastern ghats of the State Tamil Nadu. This current study focused on documentation of medicinal plants used to treat several ailments. Enlightenment of medicinal plants data was gathered from the Malayali tribes, using an integrated approach like botanical collections, group discussion and interviews with questionnaires in the year 2018 – 2019. During the survey a total number of 40 ethnomedicinal plant species belonging to 38 genera and 25 families were documented. Traditional names of the plants by traditional healers and local community members were prepared as a checklist.  The checklist of medicinal plants used by Malayali tribes are listed with botanical name, vernacular name, family, parts used, mode of preparation, mode of admiration and medicinal uses. We observed that the documented ethnomedicinal plants were commonly used to treating snakebite, earache, chest pain, body pain, lumbago, eczema, haemorrhoids, jaundice, dog bite, sprain, beetle bite, epididymitis, bone fracture, arthritis and painful menstruation. The results of this study showed that the tribal people still depended on medicinal plants in Yercaud Hills for treating various diseases. This would be a baseline data of medicinal plants for future research and potential development of novel drugs.

Tripogon paramjitianus (Poaceae: Chloroidoideae) A New Species from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-287
Author(s):  
M. Murugesan ◽  
◽  
Arumugam S. ◽  
K.A.A. Kabeer ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
South India ◽  
Coimbatore District ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Tripogon paramjitianaus Murugesan & al., a new species collected from the Velliangiri hills of Coimbatore district, the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, South India is described and illustrated.

scholarly journals Herbal Remedies Used to Treat Skin Disorders in Arasankulam Region of Thoothukudi District in Tamil Nadu, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
A Sundari ◽  
R Jayakumararaj
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Dominant Mode ◽  
Herbal Remedies ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
The People ◽  
Small Pox

As lacking in attention given to the ethnomedicinal plants to be used for the treatment of skin diseases in many areas, an ethnomedicinal study was carried out to enumerate the traditional uses followed to treat skin diseases among the people living in Arasankulam and Kottarakurichi villages located in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. The medicinal uses of 24 species belonging to 20 families were reported from the study area. Euphorbiaceae was noted as largest families comprising of 3 species each. Herbs (50.0%) were found more in number than other life forms of plants. Leaves (50.0%) were the mostly used plant part to prepare the medicine and paste (61.54%) was the dominant mode to treat the skin ailments. By this research work, it was also noted that a total of 6 plants were used to heal wound, 4 plants for the treatment of cut, 3 plants each to cure boil and eczema, 2 plants to treat heel crack and 1 plant each for abrasion, chicken pox, dandruff, itch, leprosy, lip crack, scabies, skin allergy, small pox and tumor. Further studies on phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of these plants will contribute new dimensions to these medicinal plants. Keywords: Medicinal plants, Skin diseases, Arasankulam region, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu.

Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Genus Bombax

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-196
Author(s):  
Deepshikha Rathore ◽  
Geetanjali ◽  
Ram Singh
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Therapeutic Applications ◽  
Chemical Structures ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

Background: The history of traditional systems of medicine goes parallel with the history of human beings. Even today people have faith in traditional systems of medicine based on medicinal plants to meet primary health care needs. Hence, the scientific evaluation and documentation of extracts and active ingredients of medicinal plants always play a supportive role in their medicinal applications. Objective: This review aims to present the phytochemicals isolated from the genus Bombax and their pharmacological applications. Methods: The literature from research and review papers was analyzed and the information was compiled to present the pharmacological applications of various secondary metabolites from genus Bombax. Results: The genus Bombax belongs to the family Malvaceae and known for its therapeutic applications. The crude, semi-purified and purified extracts of different parts of this plant have shown potential therapeutic applications. A total of 96 articles including research and review papers were referred for the compilation of isolated phytochemicals and their chemical structures. Conclusion: We systematically summarized 176 isolated compounds from the genus Bombax. The findings show that this plant shows potential towards pharmacological activities. The activities were found more from extracts than the single isolated compounds.

scholarly journals Distribution and habitat associations of the Critically Endangered frog Walkerana phrynoderma (Anura: Ranixalidae), with an assessment of potential threats, abundance, and morphology

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Arun Kanagavel ◽  
Sethu Parvathy ◽  
Abhiijth P. Chundakatil ◽  
Neelesh Dahanukar ◽  
Benjamin Tapley
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Time Activity ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Pesticide Runoff ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Western Ghats

Distribution and habitat associations of the Critically Endangered frog Walkerana phrynoderma (Anura: Ranixalidae), with an assessment of potential threats, abundance, and morphology. Little is known about Walkerana phrynoderma, a frog endemic to the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats of India. Baseline information (i.e., distribution, threats, habitat characteristics, activity patterns, and relative abundance) is provided for this species, with the aim of improving our understanding of the status of the species in the wild. Visual-encounter, transect, and time-activity budget surveys were conducted in and around the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats. The frog skin was swabbed to determine the presence/absence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and habitat and environmental characteristics were recorded at sites where W. phrynoderma was found. These data were compared with those of sites apparently lacking this species that had suitable habitat. Walkerana phrynoderma is restricted to evergreen forests between 1300 and 1700 m a.s.l. in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve and at Munnar; thus, its range was extended from the state of Tamil Nadu to the adjoining state of Kerala. Pesticide runoff and human disturbance are the most severe threats to the species; B. dendrobatidis was not detected. This nocturnal anuran prefers forest edges and is associated with well-shaded forest foors in cool areas near freshwater streams. Walkerana phrynoderma is rarely encountered whereas its congener, W. leptodactyla, is more common. The impact of anthropogenic disturbances, especially waste disposal and development of tourism infrastructure, should be evaluated. The land that is owned by the Forest Department peripheral to the protected areas could be designated as eco-sensitive sites to prevent changes in land use that could have an adverse effect on W. phrynoderma.

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