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Medicinal Plant Systematics of Gentianaceae in South India


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1 Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, India
 

Medicinal properties of plants have been made use of by the humans from the vedic period onwards. A well known medicinally important family Gentianaceae is considered here which shows wide distribution of promising phytochemicals/bitter principles (secoiridoid glycosides, xanthones). South India represents nine genera and 35 taxa of Gentians of which 8 species are medicinally important. Detailed description, photo plates and uses of the medicinally important species are provided here.

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Gentianaceae, Phytochemicals, Medicinally Important, South India.
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Authors

P. M. Shahina
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, India
Santhosh Nampy
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, India

Abstract


Medicinal properties of plants have been made use of by the humans from the vedic period onwards. A well known medicinally important family Gentianaceae is considered here which shows wide distribution of promising phytochemicals/bitter principles (secoiridoid glycosides, xanthones). South India represents nine genera and 35 taxa of Gentians of which 8 species are medicinally important. Detailed description, photo plates and uses of the medicinally important species are provided here.

Keywords


Gentianaceae, Phytochemicals, Medicinally Important, South India.

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