Open AccessETHNOBOTANICAL APPROACH FOR IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL WOUND-HEALING PLANTS FROM THE FLORA OF WEST BENGAL
Author(s) -
Raiby Paul,
Santanu Saha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
èkobioteh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2618-964X
DOI - 10.31163/2618-964x-2020-3-4-589-603
Subject(s) - ethnobotany , flora (microbiology) , west bengal , medicinal plants , traditional medicine , wound healing , bengal , medicine , geography , biology , surgery , socioeconomics , archaeology , bay , sociology , bacteria , genetics
The present review focuses on the wound-healing medicinal plants from the Flora of West Bengal. Literature with direct ethnobotanical studies, reviews and compilations were used to identify the most potential ones. Wound healing process is a complicated event involving several steps. Different properties are needed in each step. The present work reveals the important medicinal plants that need to be explored for the potential wound healing phytochemicals based on ethnobotanical studies.