Promising Neuroprotective Plants From North-east India
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Neuroprotection is a broad term commonly used to refer therapeutic strategies that can prevent, delay or even reverse neuronal damage. Herbal medicines are widely used across the globe as economical, effective and safer alternative remedies. North-East (NE) India harbours a large number of medicinal plants, it falls under Indo-Burma global hotspot one of the 34 global biodiversity hotspots. In traditional practice of medicines, people here uses a variety of medicinal plants for the treatment of various ailments. The purpose of this manuscript is to review the plants with neuroprotective potential from NE India and to provide the reference for future study of new and alternative remedies for the treatment of neurological ailments.
Authors: P.N. Phukan, Meenakshi Bawari, Mahuya Sengupta
Institution: Assam University
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1919352100