Open AccessETHNOBOTANICAL LITERATURE SURVEY OF THREE INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY
Author(s) -
Ganapthy Seru,
Ramaiah Maddi,
Sarala Srikakulapu,
Mahesh Babu Padarthi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of research in ayurveda and pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2277-4343
pISSN - 2229-3566
DOI - 10.7897/2277-4343.04314
Subject(s) - ethnobotany , traditional medicine , medicinal plants , medicine
Now-a-days medicinal plants have received much attention as sources of bioactive substances used to treat variety of diseases and disorders of major body organs including liver as a hepatoprotective and antioxidants. Liver is the heaviest gland of the body and plays the major role in metabolic activities and bio-chemical conversions. Hepatic disease is a basic collective term of conditions, diseases, and infections that affect the cells, tissues structures, or functions of the liver. Ethnobotanical survey was conducted to document remedies used as a hepatoprotective in Kuppam, Sathupally and their surrounding villages belongs to Chittoor and Khammam districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. This may be useful to researchers who are working in the area hepatopharmacology and therapeutics