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Antidiabetic Plants Used by the Tribes and Settlers of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Pal Canal Link Road, Jodhpur, 342014, India
2 Botanic Garden Lane, Howrah 711 103, India
 

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands with c. 306 islands and islets are one of the richest bioresource areas of India that constitute one of the hotspots of biodiversity with a variety of ecosystems and high degree of genetic variations and equally rich ethnomedicinal tradition. About 2500 Angiosperm species are known to occur within a small land area of 8,249 sq. km of which about 13 % are endemic. This paper deals with 50 antidiabetic plants used in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which can be effectively used in the treatment of diabetes. Conservation of this Traditional Knowledge will open pathways for new drug discoveries.

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Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Diabetes, Antidiabetic Plants, Traditional Healers.
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Authors

Vinod Maina
Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Pal Canal Link Road, Jodhpur, 342014, India
Ravi Prasad
Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, Pal Canal Link Road, Jodhpur, 342014, India
T. Chakrabarty
Botanic Garden Lane, Howrah 711 103, India

Abstract


The Andaman and Nicobar Islands with c. 306 islands and islets are one of the richest bioresource areas of India that constitute one of the hotspots of biodiversity with a variety of ecosystems and high degree of genetic variations and equally rich ethnomedicinal tradition. About 2500 Angiosperm species are known to occur within a small land area of 8,249 sq. km of which about 13 % are endemic. This paper deals with 50 antidiabetic plants used in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which can be effectively used in the treatment of diabetes. Conservation of this Traditional Knowledge will open pathways for new drug discoveries.

Keywords


Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Diabetes, Antidiabetic Plants, Traditional Healers.

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