Survey and documentation of anthelmintic plants used in traditional medicine system of tribal communities of Udalguri district of Assam, India
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2020-01
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Open Science Publishers LLP
Abstract
The present study was aimed to survey and document the anthelmintic medicinal plants traditionally used by the tribalcommunities of Udalguri district of Assam. The survey was conducted in different villages of the district followinga face-to-face interview and a readymade questionnaire. The study found that a total of 75 plant species belonging to67 genera and 44 plant families were used as deworming agents. The result showed that Andrographis paniculata,Ananas comosus, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, and Centella asiatica were the most popular plant species. Acanthaceaefamily was found to be most common among the traditional healers. The leaves were found to be commonly used plantparts for herbal preparation. Decoction, infusion, and raw preparations were found to be the most commonly usedtraditional formulation methodologies. The present study could be used to identify the potential anthelmintic plantsand in designing new anthelmintic drug having better property and efficacy
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Anthelmintic, ethnomedicine, traditional healer, Udalguri, Assam.
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Swargiary Ananta, Daimari Manita, Roy Mritunjoy Kumar. Survey and documentation of anthelmintic plants used in traditional medicine system of tribal communities of Udalguri district of Assam, India. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2020 Jan; 2020 Jan: 046-054