Ethnozoological study of animals based medicine used by traditional healers and indigenous inhabitants in the adjoining areas of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India
Abstract Background India has an immense faunal, floral, as well as cultural diversity with many ethnic communities who are primarily dependent on the traditional medicinal system for their primary health care. Documentation and evaluation of this indigenous remedial knowledge may be helpful to esta...
Main Authors: | Manash Pratim Borah, Surya Bali Prasad |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-017-0167-6 |
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