A New Botanical Source for the Ayurvedic Drug Tagara (Cryptocoryne spiralis(Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydl.)
| Autor: | S. N. Yoganarasimhan, T. R. Shantha |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
Pharmacology
Valerianaceae Ayurvedic medicine biology Traditional medicine business.industry Valeriana jatamansi Cryptocoryne spiralis biology.organism_classification Araceae language.human_language Kannada Complementary and alternative medicine language Medicine business Medicinal plants Family Araceae |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants. 10:93-97 |
| ISSN: | 1540-3580 1049-6475 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j044v10n01_11 |
| Popis: | The accepted botanical source of Tagara, an Ayurvedic drug is Valeriana jatamansi Jones, family Valerianaceae. In South India, drug by the name Granthika Tagara (Kannada) is used as Tagara in several therapeutic preparations. Although Nymphoides macrospermum Vasudevan had been earlier identified as source of Tagara, another source of Tagara (known as Granthika Tagara) is apparent in the Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka. The botanical identification of this source was established as Cryptocoryne spiralis (Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydl., family Araceae. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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