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Brahma Kamal ( Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Edgew . ), an important Himalayan medicinal plant: Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological overview


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Prabhakar Semwal, Sakshi Painuli, Devesh Tewari, Lok Rainer W. Bussmann, Man S. Palni, A. Thapliyal, S. LokMan, Palni
2020

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Semwal, P., Painuli, S., Tewari, D., Bussmann, L. R. W., Palni, M. S., Thapliyal, A., … Palni. (2020). Brahma Kamal ( Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Edgew . ), an important Himalayan medicinal plant: Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological overview.


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Semwal, Prabhakar, Sakshi Painuli, Devesh Tewari, Lok Rainer W. Bussmann, Man S. Palni, A. Thapliyal, S. LokMan, and Palni. “Brahma Kamal ( Saussurea Obvallata (DC.) Edgew . ), an Important Himalayan Medicinal Plant: Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Overview” (2020).


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Semwal, Prabhakar, et al. Brahma Kamal ( Saussurea Obvallata (DC.) Edgew . ), an Important Himalayan Medicinal Plant: Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Overview. 2020.


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@article{prabhakar2020a,
  title = {Brahma Kamal ( Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Edgew . ), an important Himalayan medicinal plant: Ethnomedicinal, phytochemical and pharmacological overview},
  year = {2020},
  author = {Semwal, Prabhakar and Painuli, Sakshi and Tewari, Devesh and Bussmann, Lok Rainer W. and Palni, Man S. and Thapliyal, A. and LokMan, S. and Palni}
}

Abstract

Background: The genus Saussurea of Asteraceae comprises approximately 490 species. Plants belonging to this genus are being used in different countries as traditional medicines. Brahma Kamal ( Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Edgew.), is one of the most important and endangered species of this genus and is being used in traditional, ornamental and religious purposes. The aim of this work is to review and understand the scientific work conducted so far on S. obvallata, which includes its ethnomedicinal uses, pharmacognostic description, phytochemistry, pharmacology, micro-propagation and important conservation aspect. Methods: Systematic literature searches were performed on S. obvallata through various scientific search engines including Agricola, ACS publications, Google patents, Google Scholar, J-STAGE, JSTOR, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, SpringerLink, Taylor & Francis, Web of Science, USPTO, Wiley, published books and conference proceedings using keywords



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