Forest-Based Medicinal Plants Rendering their Services to the Rural Community of Assam, India.

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dc.contributor.authorBaishya, Ratul Arya
dc.contributor.authorSarma, Jatindra
dc.contributor.authorBegum, Ajima
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-04T11:34:59Z
dc.date.available2015-12-04T11:34:59Z
dc.date.issued2013-10
dc.description.abstractForests are the main biological resource areas from where reportedly 80% of the medicinal plants are collected by the rural communities of the state. Traditional folk medicines, mainly based on plants, occupy a significant position today, especially in the developing countries, where modern health care service is limited. Medicinal plants are gaining global importance owing to the fact that herbal drugs are cost-effective, easily available and most reportedly, with negligible side effects. Safe, effective and inexpensive indigenous remedies had been practiced by the people of both tribal and rural society of Assam from time immemorial. Therefore, the need of the hour is to harness this natural resource sustainably for the socio-economic development of the indigenous communities. Hence, a strategy for sustainable harvesting practice needs to be developed that would ensure preservation of the valuable medicinal plants in situ while addressing the needs of the rural communities. The present study is, thus, an attempt to highlight the common medicinal plants of forested region as used by the rural poor community for different kinds of treatment as the rural local healers usually practice for treatment of diseases in their locality.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBaishya Ratul Arya, Sarma Jatindra, Begum Ajima. Forest-Based Medicinal Plants Rendering their Services to the Rural Community of Assam, India. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2013 Oct-Dec; 4(4): 10-20.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0976-4550
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/167156
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijabpt.com/Details.aspx?fid=869en_US
dc.subjectFolk Medicineen_US
dc.subjectMedicinal Plantsen_US
dc.subjectForesten_US
dc.subjectSustainable Collectionen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Communities and Local Healersen_US
dc.titleForest-Based Medicinal Plants Rendering their Services to the Rural Community of Assam, India.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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