This paper reports the ethno-medicinal uses of 30 plants by the Paroja tribes of Koraput, Odisha. All the plants were enumerated with botanical name, family name, local name, short description of the plant and information on ethnic use.

The present paper deals with the ethno-medico-botany of Chenchus of Mahaboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh. About fourty four plants are enumerated with knowledge of the tribals for their medicinal uses in curing different diseases and ailments.

Although Hispanics' use of breast cancer screening services has been investigated, to date there have been no published studies of distinct Hispanic populations in different areas of the country. Using the diverse populations and sites involved in the National Hispanic Leadership Initiative on Cancer 'En Acción', this study examines ethno-regional differences in breast cancer screening rates am...

Objective: Himalayan mountain populations have been dependent upon indigenous plant resources for their health care for many years. Tribal women are interested in use of local herbs for cosmetic purposes. The present work is based on the results of research conducted on cosmetic uses of some important plants by the tribal women in District Poonch, Azad Kashmir Pakistan. Materials and Methods: A...

An ethno-medical survey was conducted in the tribal pockets of Tamiya and Petalkot of Madhya Pradesh wherein "Bharia" and "Gond" tribes inhabit. This paper presents 22 medicinal plants belonging to 17 families, used as tonic medicine among them.

The present paper coins a new term Ethno-Oceanobiology, a new sub-discipline of ethnobiology and deals with the uses of some marine plants by tribals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The present paper profiles plants used as anti-diabetic agents by the Nilgiri hills. The plants have been well identified and studied from the ethno therapeutics point of view.

mythical categories. Thus, Alfredo Bonanno discusses the rise of political Islam as a kind ofmapping of the situated categories of oppressor and oppressed onto the ethno-religious categories of

Nowadays, cardiovascular diseases are highly prevalent in human communities. Hypertension is a multifactorial disease which causes a mortality twice higher than general population. Given the fact that medicinal plants have long been used to treat hypertension and are currently being administered for this disease, we sought to report the mostly effective and important medicinal plants on hyperte...