Tribulus terrestris (Gokhru) - An Important Medicinal plant of Arid Zone-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Tribulus terrestris (Gokhru) - An Important Medicinal plant of Arid Zone

Published:2011-03-01 Issue:1 Volume:18 Page:63-66
ISSN:0971-9415
Container-title:Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Non-Timber Forest Prod.

Author:

Bohra N.¹,Shukla J.¹,Tripathi Atul¹,Mishra D.¹

Affiliation:

1. Arid Forest Research Institute

Abstract

The desert climate is though full of harsh conditions, where temperature reaches to 50oC with sandy storm, moving sand dunes etc. However this unique area has several important medicinal plants which are very useful in various diseases. Utilization of various plants was already reported in traditional medicinal system. Tribulus terrestris is also such a wonderful plant which has many fold importance. Various workers have find out several important compounds from them and its various species are also reported by several scientists. An attempt has been made to provide detail information about Tribulus terrestris.

Publisher

Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh

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