ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON OCIMUM SPP IN RAJASTHAN, INDIA
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Medicinal plants have served as a major source of new pharmaceutical products and relatively in expensive preparatory materials for the production of some very popular drugs. It is evident, from ethnobotanical survey, that indigenous people use wide range of plants therapeutically to maintain their health. Ocimum called Tulsi is the most sacred plant is regarded as a goddess and worshipped as in deity form. Tulsi is not only sacred plant but also possesses therapeutic properties. From ethnobotanical survey, it is clear that the traditional healers of Rajasthan are having commendable knowledge of the medicinal values of plants growing around them. This knowledge is now fast disappearing and there in urgent need to document this precious knowledge. Present investigations document the ethnobotanical information about Ocimum spp.
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Shashi Agarwal, Vijay Kumar , Ashwani Kumar
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