Ethnobotanical indices on wound healing medicinal plants in the Arjuna River of Virudhunagar District in Tamil Nadu, Southern India
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Abstract. Shanmugam S, Rajagopal V, Balamurugan S, Muthupandi CP, Eswaran VM, Raveendraretnam K, Rajendran K. 2021. Ethnobotanical indices on wound healing medicinal plants in the Arjuna River of Virudhunagar District in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Asian J Ethnobiol 4: 31-36. Medicinal plants can perform a significant role in preventing pathogenic attacks in the body. Plants are a great source of primary health care due to certain chemical compounds. Research on the traditional knowledge related to plants used for wound healing still needs adequate attention. The present study was carried out to document the therapeutic uses of medicinal plants in the Arjuna Riverbank of Virudhunagar District in Tamil Nadu to heal various wounds. The frequent fieldwork was conducted from June 2018 to March 2019 in four villages selected for this study. The scientific name, family name, local name (in Tamil), part (s) used, mode of preparation, method of application, and medicine administration were recorded. The ethnomedicinal data were statistically analyzed by ethnobotanical indices such as Use Value (UV), Citation Frequency (CF), and Relative Importance (RI). A total of 23 medicinal remedies prepared from 23 plants were recorded. Mimosa pudica was found with the highest values in all three indices. Further research on the phytochemistry and pharmacology of these medicinal plants should be conducted.
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Arinathan V, Mohan VR, John de Britto A,Chelladurai V. 2003. Studies on food and medicinal plants of Western Ghats. J Econ Taxon Bot 27: 750-753.
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Ganesh K, Jaganathan S, Hoa THT, Liu BL. 2016. Ethnobotanical survey of Irular tribes in Pillur valley, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (India).Int J Herb Med 4(1): 01-11.
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Jespin Ida C, Augustus Arul A. 2016. Ethnobotanical study of Kani tribes in Keeriparai of Kanyakumari district, South India.IntEdu Res J 2(3): 49-52.
Jeyakumar J, Kamaraj M, Durairaj P, Prema D,Anburaja V. 2014. Ethnobotanical studies on Kallanai, Thanjavur district. Asian J Plant Sci Res 4(3): 5-8.
Jain SK. 1989. Method and Approaches in Ethnobotany. Society of Ethnobotanists, CDRI, Lucknow.
Kathirvelmurugan V, Raju K, Arumugam T, Karthik V,Ravikumar S. 2014. Ethnobotany of medi-flora of Kollihills, Tamil Nadu. Arch ApplSci Res 6(1): 159-164.
Kaur M, Dangi CBS, Singhai A, Singh M, Kosta S, Singh H, Peter J, Jain S. 2014. Toxicity profile of ethanolic extract of Lawsonia inermis leaves in albino wistar rats. World J Pharm PharmaceutSci 3: 835-848.
Khalid MS, Singh RK, Reddy IVN, Kumar SJ, Kumar BS, Kumar GNS, Rao KS. 2011. Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extract of Ipomoea carneaJacq. Pharmacol 1: 326-331.
Kottaimuthu R. 2008. Ethnobotany of the Valaiyans of Karandamalai, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India.Ethnobot Leaf 12: 195-203.
Krishnamoorthy R, Ravikumar R,Ayyadurai V. 2015. An ethnobotanical medicinal plants survey in Pandiyankuppam village, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.Int J Adv Res 3(8): 377-383.
Kumarasamyraja D, Jeganathan NS, Manavalan R. 2012. A review on medicinal plants with potential wound healing activity. Int J PharmaSci 4:105-111.
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Pandikumar P, Chellappandian M, Mutheeswaran S,Ignacimuthu S. 2011. Consensus of local knowledge on medicinal plants among traditional healers in Mayiladumparai block of Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India. J Ethnopharmacol 134(2): 354-362.
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Rajendran K, Balaji P,Jothibasu M. 2008. Medicinal plants and their utilization by villagers in Southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Indian J TradKnowl 7(3): 417-420.
Sandhya B, Thomas S, Isabel W,Shenbagarathai R. 2006. Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Valaiyan community of Piranmalai hills (Reserved forest), Tamil Nadu, India – A pilot study.Afr J Trad Comp Alt Med 3: 101-114.
Sankaranarayanan S, Bama P, Ramachandran J, Kalaiselvan PT, Deccaraman M, Vijayalakshmi, Damodaran R, Dananjeyan B,Sathyabama S. 2010.Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by traditional users in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. J Med Plants Res 4(12): 1089-1101.
Senthil KM, Sripriya R, Vijaya RH, Sehgal P. 2006. Wound healing potential of Cassia fistula on infected albino rat model. J Surg Res 131: 283-289.
Shanmugam S, Rajagopal V, Rajendran K. 2007. Multipurpose usable plants in Thalaiyanai hills of Tirunelveli forest division in southern part of Western Ghats. J Non-Tim For Prod 14(4): 297-306.
Shanmugam S, Ramar S, Ragavendhar K, Ramanathan R, Rajendran K. 2008. Plants used as medicine by Paliyar tribes of Shenbagathope in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu. J EconTaxon Bot 32(4): 922-929.
Shanmugam S, Manikandan K, Rajendran K. 2009. Ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes and jaundice among the villagers of Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu.EthnobotLeafl13: 186-193.
Shanmugam S, Annadurai M, Rajendran K. 2011a. Ethnomedicinal plants used to cure diarrhea and dysentery in Pachalur hills of Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. J Appl Pharm Sci 1(8): 94-97.
Shanmugam S, Kalaisevan M, Selvakumar P, Suresh K, Rajendran K. 2011b. Ethnomedicinal pants used to cure diarrhea and dysentery in Sivagangai district of Tami Nadu, India. Int J Res Ayur Pharm2(3): 991-994.
Shanmugam S, Rajendran K, Suresh K. 2012a. Traditional uses of medicinal plants among the rural people in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2: S429-S434.
Shanmugam S, Balamurugan S, Pandiselvam P, Rajendran, K. 2012b. Medicinal plants used by the people of Thiruppuvanam and its surrounding areas of Sivagangai district in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. J Basic ApplBiol 6: 39-45.
Shanmugam S, Jeyaprabakaran G, Rajendran K. 2020. Medicinal trees from home gardens of urban areas in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Asian J Ethnobiol3(1): 10-15.
Tardío J, Pardo-De-Santayana M. 2008. Cultural importance indices: a comparative analysis based on the useful wild plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain). Econ Bot 62: 24-39.
Teklehaymanot T,Giday M. 2007. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by people in Zegie Peninsula, Northwestern Ethiopia.J EthnobiolEthnomed3: 1-12.
Trotter R, Logan M. 1986. Informant consensus: anew approach for identifying potentially effectivemedicinal plants. In: Etkin NL (ed.). Plants inindigenous medicine and diet: Biobehavioralapproaches. Bedford Hills, Redgravespublishers, New York.
Vanila D, Ghanthikumar S,Manickam VS. 2008. Ethnomedicinal uses of plants in the plains area of the Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. EthnobotLeafl 12: 1198-1205.