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Bryophytes - The Ignored Medicinal Plants


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1 Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Rajasthan-304022, India
2 CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226 001, India
3 Shifting Cultivation Division, Rain Forest Research Institute, Sotai Ali, Jorhat - 785001, Assam, India
 

Information about the occurrence of antibiotic substances in bryophytes and the medicinal use of bryophytes are sporadic, particularly in India, in comparison to developed countries. Despite of a long history of medicinal use of bryophytes by various tribal and local communities across the world, their significant utilization in medicines is still a dream due to lack of concise ethnobotanical information, scarcity of material, degrading habitats etc. Present article is an attempt to create awareness about this group of plants.
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Afroz Alam
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Rajasthan-304022, India
Vinay Shrama
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Rajasthan-304022, India
K. K. Rawat
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226 001, India
P. K. Verma
Shifting Cultivation Division, Rain Forest Research Institute, Sotai Ali, Jorhat - 785001, Assam, India

Abstract


Information about the occurrence of antibiotic substances in bryophytes and the medicinal use of bryophytes are sporadic, particularly in India, in comparison to developed countries. Despite of a long history of medicinal use of bryophytes by various tribal and local communities across the world, their significant utilization in medicines is still a dream due to lack of concise ethnobotanical information, scarcity of material, degrading habitats etc. Present article is an attempt to create awareness about this group of plants.