Studies on ethnomedicines and Preliminary Phytochemistry of Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.), Loranthaceae of Kinwat forest

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  • Shinde SR Department of Botany, Baliram Patil Arts, Commerce and Science College Kinwat, Dist. Nanded (MS),431 804

Keywords:

Ethnomedicine, phytochemistry, D. falcata, Kinwat forest

Abstract

Kinwat forest is rich in vegetation with number of highly medicinal plants. Dendrophthoe falcata is an important ethnomedicinal plant in the study region. It is used traditionally for human as well as   domestic animals’ health care.  During this study some new ethnomedicinal uses of the plants are recorded in addition to the known.  It is found that phytochemically this plant is very rich having carbohydrates, proteins, aminoacids, flavonoids, tannins and phenolic compounds. 

 

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2020-04-10

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Shinde SR. (2020). Studies on ethnomedicines and Preliminary Phytochemistry of Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.), Loranthaceae of Kinwat forest. International Journal of Life Sciences, 8(1), 161–164. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/510

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): International Journal of Life Sciences

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