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Traditional Medicinal
Plant Holarrhena antisenterica (L.) Wall. Ex A. DC. In the
Treatment of Diabetes
A.N. Korpenwar
Department of Botany,
Shri Shiwaji Science and Arts College, Chikhli, Dist. Buldhana-443201
(MS) INDIA.
Academic Editor: Dr.
Pawar D.D.
The present study was
conducted in the region of Ralegaon Tahsil, Dist. Yavatmal. The study
was carried out during the period of June 2010 to August 2011. A number
of villages were visited in this region. The information was documented
involving field study by contacting and interviewing traditional healers
for plants used in the treatment of diabetes. Holarrhena
antidysenterica Wall. Ex. A. DC. (Apocynaceae) was selected for the
study. The patients who had used medicines prepared by healers were also
interviewed to document information of age group 9 to 76 years. To
establish identity, the plant is collected for making herbarium record
and deposited in the Department of Botany, Shri Shiwaji Science and Arts
College, Chikhli, Dist. Buldhana (M.S.).
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