| Autor: |
Mathur, Parul, Trivedi, Rohini, Joshi, Preetam |
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Asian Agri-History; Oct-Dec2019, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p245-259, 15p |
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Folklorists have referred agricultural crops as important beacon of past human civilization. However, medicinal and wild plants have been ignored even though in some cases these plants symbolize some of cultural and social ethnicity of the people who use them. Abrus precatorius is one of such plants which originated in South Asia and carried from Old World to New World by South Asian dwellers as well as European explorers. The plant has been traditionally used in folk remedies by tribes for centuries throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. It was also used as adornment in primeval societies and as a unit of measuring mass in old Indian trade system. The plant is valued for its immense medicinal properties and reported to have a wide range of therapeutic effects. The present review provides information on history, ethnomedicinal uses, phytopharmacology and recent advancements that took place in biology and biotechnology of this plant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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