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Beneficial Aspects of Some Cardio-Protective Medicinal Plants of Bankura District, West Bengal


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India is a developing country where both incidence and prevalence of coronary artery disease which is popularly known as Heart attack has been increasing gradually. More than 2000 plants have been listed in the traditional systems of medicine and some of these are providing comprehensive relief to the people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally and one of the main cause of death. People have been using herbs for hundreds of years to treat many chronic diseases including cardiovascular disorder. Indian medicinal plants are rich sources of different active ingredients that have different therapeutic properties including cardio-protection. Present paper documented some medicinal plants possessing cardio-protective activity found in Bankura district, West-Bengal.

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Cardioprotection, Traditional Medicine, Herbal Healer.
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Arijit Sinhababu
Department of Botany, Bankura Christian College, Bankura, Pin.-722101, West Bengal, India

Abstract


India is a developing country where both incidence and prevalence of coronary artery disease which is popularly known as Heart attack has been increasing gradually. More than 2000 plants have been listed in the traditional systems of medicine and some of these are providing comprehensive relief to the people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally and one of the main cause of death. People have been using herbs for hundreds of years to treat many chronic diseases including cardiovascular disorder. Indian medicinal plants are rich sources of different active ingredients that have different therapeutic properties including cardio-protection. Present paper documented some medicinal plants possessing cardio-protective activity found in Bankura district, West-Bengal.

Keywords


Cardioprotection, Traditional Medicine, Herbal Healer.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24906/isc%2F2017%2Fv31%2Fi5%2F161485