Open AccessBRYOPHYTES, THE IGNORED MEDICINAL HERBALS OF THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD - A SEARCH AT NEYYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, TRIVANDRUM, KERALA
Author(s) -
Greeshma G.M,
Manoj G.S,
Bosco Lawarence,
K Murugan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
kongunadu research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2349-2694
DOI - 10.26524/krj120
Subject(s) - wildlife , geography , traditional medicine , medicinal plants , ethnic group , biology , ecology , medicine , political science , law
Currently, the medicinal potential of bryophytes has received immense value in pharmaceutical industries and many phytochemicals have been isolated, characterized from this group. Native North Americans and Chinese are in forefront in bryological research compared to India. Traditional and ethnic uses of Indian bryophytes with description and illustration were seen in Hortus Malabaricus. Information about the medicinal use of bryophytes in terms of microbicidal, anti-inflammatory and antitumour are traced in developed countries. Despite, the long history of medicinal bryophytes used by tribal and local peoples their significant utilization in medicines is still scanty. Present report is an attempt to create awareness about this group of plants from Neyyar Wild Life sanctuary, Trivandrum, Kerala.