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AsthmaPlantBase

General information

URL: http://www.asthmaplants.com
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Description: a database containing information of medicinal plants for treatment of asthma.
Year founded: 2007
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Accessibility:
Accessible
Country/Region: India

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University/Institution: Bishop Heber College
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Country/Region: India
Contact name (PI/Team): Anusha Bhaskar
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): anushaparthiban@gmail.com

Publications

18288333
A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma. [PMID: 18288333]
Kasirajan B, Maruthamuthu R, Gopalakrishnan V, Arumugam K, Asirvatham H, Murali V, Mohandass R, Bhaskar A.

The knowledge of most plants used in the treatment of asthma, the plant part which is effective in treatment is confined to very few persons who are engaged in folklore medicine. However, this form of medicine is not very popular. Therefore, it is of considerable interest to ethno-botanical community to understand the plants and the parts used for treatment. Here, we describe AsthmaPlantBase, a database containing information of medicinal plants for treatment of asthma.
AVAILABILITY: http://www.asthmaplants.com.

Bioinformation. 2007:2(3) | 7 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-20)

Ranking

All databases:
6314/6895 (8.441%)
Literature:
531/577 (8.146%)
Health and medicine:
1601/1738 (7.94%)
6314
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7
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0.389
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Created on: 2018-01-26
Curated by:
Mengyu Pan [2018-09-20]
Tongkun Guo [2018-03-19]
Tongkun Guo [2018-02-23]