Research Article | Published: 01 March 2010

Trace elemental status of plants used in tribal medicine

S. Pandarasivan, R. Venkataraman and L. Louis Jesudoss

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 17 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 41-42 | 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2010-6VAD62 | Cite this article

Abstract

Medicinal plants enhanced with minerals are tested to determine whether these elements could be used as a new source of mineral dietary supplements that provide essential minerals in a more available form than current, inorganically based mineral supplements. The tribe Kanikaran or Kani of Agasthiar Hills has the sound knowledge on medicinal plants, which leads to the present investigation on the five selected plants, Amorphophallus paeonifoliius (Areaceae), Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd (Euphorbiaceae), Fluggea leucopyrus (Euphorbiaceae), Stephania wightii Dunn (Menispermaceae) and Ventilago Madaraspatana (Rhamaceae). The Calcium content is high in Ventilago Madaraspatana, Iron content is more in Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Manganease value is higher in Phyllanthus polyphyllus, and the values of potassium, Sodium, Barium, Copper,and Zinc are higher in Stephania wightii Dunn.  The present study shows that Stephania wightii Dunn root is highly nutritive. This study can bring out many different clues for the development drugs to treat human diseases.

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Pandarasivan, S., Venkataraman, R. and Jesudoss, L.L., 2010. Trace elemental status of plants used in tribal medicine. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 17(1), pp.41-42. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2010-6VAD62

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2010

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