| ethnoveterinary uses of medicinal plants among traditional herbal healers in alaknanda catchment of uttarakhand, india. | the people of far-flung rural areas still depend to a large extent upon plants and household remedies for curing veterinary ailments. the folk knowledge of ethnoveterinary medicine and its significance has been identified by the traditional communities through a process of experience over hundreds of years. the paper deals with 34 ailments commonly found in nine different categories of livestock/animals (i e. buffalo, cow, oxen, sheep, goat, horse, mule, dog and cat) and their treatment with 73 ... | 2010 | 21461146 |
| Toxicological properties of several medicinal plants from the Himalayas (India) against vectors of malaria, filariasis and dengue. | The leaves of five plants namely Nyctanthes arbortistis (Oleaceae), Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae), Boenininghusenia albiflora (Rutaceae), Valeriana hardwickii (Valerianaceae) and Eupatorium odoratum (Asteraceae) were selected for the first time from the Garhwal region of north west Himalaya to investigation its toxicological properties against mosquito vectors of malaria, filariasis and dengue. In a laboratory study, using different polarity solvents (petroleum ether, chloroform an ... | 2011 | 22041755 |