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In this study, an ethnic fermented rice beverage- ‘Chubitchi’ from Garo Hills region of Meghalaya was closely ¬¬¬-monitored and was improvised with well characterised Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces strains to develop a product similar to it under laboratory conditions.

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Thesis & Dissertations
Geoweb: Indigenous Mapping of Intergenerational Knowledge

2010

Author(s): Eades GL

This thesis examines the transmission of intergenerational cultural knowledge on eastern James Bay Cree lands. Geospatial technologies and the representation of Cree knowledge are explored, with emphasis on the geoweb.

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This program has been initiated to study the atmospheric and meteorological parameters at a high altitude sub Himalayan location (Shillong25.58°N, 91.89°E), Shillong, Meghalaya to understand their interaction and bearing on the local climate.

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Phrynium capitatum Willd. leaf is most common wrapping and packaging material used by the people of Meghalaya. The shelf-life of these leaves is about four to five weeks.

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Biological diversity is evidence for chemical diversity. Secondary metabolites are adaptive traits, similar within members of a taxon and occasionally also between taxa exposed to similar ecological selection pressures.

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Research Papers/Articles
Wild Edible Plants Used by Garo Tribes of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Meghalaya, India

2012

Author(s): Singh B, Sinha BK, Phukan SJ, Borthakur SK, Singh VN

The paper deals wild edible plants of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve, Meghalaya used by the Garo tribes. It comprises of 71 species under 61 genera and 42 families.

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An Integrated Approach to Iron Deficiency Anemia

2015

Author(s): Halima N, Khan U

A randomized, controlled double blind clinical trial was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of herbal medicinal treatment syrup Sharbat-a-Folad versus syrup Ferplex for the treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia.

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Network Ethnopharmacology Approaches for Formulation Discovery

2015

Author(s): Patwardhan B, Chandran U

This article briefly describes network pharmacology and demonstrates the Rasayana property of Triphalain the light of this emerging technique.

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Traditional Hepatoprotective Herbal Medicine of Koch Tribe in The South-West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya

2019

Author(s): Majumdar HC, Shyam JM ,Chowdhury U, Koch D, Roy N

Field survey made in 24 villages of the South-West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, inhabited mainly by the Koch community helped to gather ethnobotanical information concerning 25 medicinal plant species belonging to 24 Angiospermic and 1 Pteridophytic genus under 22 different families that are used as traditional hepatoprotective herbal medicine.

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Plant Developed Analytical Profile of Stereospermum suaveolens in Indian Traditional Knowledge

2015

Author(s): Nag M , Mukherjee PK, Chanda J , Biswas R

The aim of the present study was to develop a robust RP-HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of lapachol and apigenin in the bark of Stereospermum suaveolens.