India has rich history of using many plants for medicinal purposes. Medicinal plants are
playing very active role in traditional medicines for the treatment of various ailments …

Indian Arrowroot (Curcuma angustifolia Roxb) belonging to the Zingiberaceae family is
widely distributed in India and some parts of Nepal, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It is …

Qualitative phytochemical analysis is carried out using two extracts of Curcuma angustifolia
rhizome, which is a less known nutraceutical plant of Odisha. Results revealed that the …

Objective: To determine the antioxidant and hepatoprotective potential of methanol extract of
rhizome of Curcuma angustifolia (MECA) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4)-induced …

The genus Curcuma, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, is one of the largest groups of
aromatic medicinal plants. It comprises about 120 species, which are distributed mostly in …

Odisha has a history of using underground parts of plants in various ways. These parts have
immense medicinal value that can be evident from old Indian Scriptures. Curcuma …

Curcuma angustifolia Roxb., also known as East Indian arrowroot, is characterized by the
presence of narrow, green, glabrous leaves with small inflorescences bearing yellow flowers …

Therapeutic plants have different metabolites in them because of which they are generally
utilized in the whole world by individuals to fix different illnesses. India has a rich history of …

Palua is a very popular and nutritious food used by the tribal communities of Odisha state. It
is a processed powder (starch) from the rhizome of Curcuma angustifolia. The chapter …