Ethnomedicinal Survey of Plants Used for Oral and Dental Healthcare in Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

S. Shanmugam¹ , A. Sundari² , R. Jayakumararaj³ , K. Rajendran⁴

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Vol.7 , Issue.6 , pp.141-146, Dec-2020

Online published on Dec 31, 2020

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Abstract :
The present research was conducted to enumerate the medicinal usage of plants followed by the residents of various locations in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu as potential drug leads for the treatment of oral and dental care. Ethnomedicinal survey was conducted from September 2019 to February 2020 among 60 key informants to gather information on medicinal plants used as a treatment for oral and dental care. Quantitative ethnomedicinal data was obtained from Use Value (UV), Citation Frequency (CF) and Family Importance Value (FIV). Present documentation enumerated the uses of 24 medicinal plants comes under 22 genera of 16 families. Trees (12 species, 50.0%) were most preferably used in the treatment of oral and dental medicine and twigs were the most commonly used plant part (41.38%). Azadirachta indica was found with highest UV (1.00) and CF (9.53) with 60 use reports. Meliaceae was recorded with highest FIV (161.66). Like this documentation, more ethnobotanical studies should be carried out before the traditional knowledge of indigenous people vanishes.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Quantitative ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Oral and dental care, Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu

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