Rekha Vijayvergia
University of Rajasthan, India
Title: Study of some medicinal plants of Rajasthan used by tribes for different diseases
Biography
Biography: Rekha Vijayvergia
Abstract
Around seven percent of tribal population of India lives in Rajasthan. Rajasthan has rich cultural diversity and biodiversity. Ethno botany can be defined as the total natural and traditional relationship and the interactions between man and his surrounding plant wealth from times immemorial, due to sheer, necessity, intuition, observation and experimentation. Medicinal plants are valuable and are used for the production of various drugs. These plants produce a high diversity of natural products or secondary metabolites like Mahanimbicine, Andrographine, murrayaline, lupeol and limonin, etc., with a prominent function in the protection against diseases like diabetes, kidney stones, osteoporosis, tumors, ophthalmia, leucorrhoea, bronchial asthma, diarrhea, cancer, etc. The present report gives a count of traditional medicinal uses of common medicinal plants of Rajasthan. A total of 18 plant species belonging to 13 families are reported, that are being used for various purposes. For each plant necessary information like botanical name, family of plant species, local name and medicinal uses are given.