2024, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Part C

author(s)
R Bhuvaneswari, S Sasikumar, R Dhandapani and R Ramanathan

abstract
This paper reports an ethnobotanical study that focused on the traditional medicinal plants by local communities to treat hyperlipidemia. Ethnobotanical study of antihyperlipidemic medicinal plants was carried out from June, 2010 to July, 2011, in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu, India. A total number of 78 medicinal plant species belonging to 70 genera and 40 families used by traditional medicine men to treat hyperlipidemia. It is therefore, necessary to preserve this indigenous knowledge on traditional medicines, proper documentation, identification of plant species, and method of preparation. To save antihyperlipidemic medicinal plants from further loss, involving local communities in cultivation of most utilized medicinal plants is recommended. Further research on the isolation and characterization of plant active phytocompounds could lead to the discovery of new potential drugs.