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Title

A database for medicinal and aromatic plants of JK (Jammu and Kashmir) in India

 

Authors

Akbar Masood* and Mujtaba Shafi

 

Affiliation

Bioinformatics centre, The University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India 190006

 

E-mail*

akbar@bioinfoku.org; * Corresponding author

 

Article Type

 

Database

 

Date

 

received September 26, 2005; revised October 6, 2005; accepted October 6, 2005; published online October 7, 2005

 

Abstract

 

High throughput screening of small molecules for a given drug target is achieved using plant materials of medicinal value. Therefore, it is important to document the availability and location of such medicinal plants in the form of a database. Here, we describe a web database containing information (botanical name, common name, local name, botany, chemistry, folklore medicinal use and medicinal uses) about the medicinal and aromatic plants available in JK (Jammu and Kashmir). The database is available for free in public domain.

 

Availability

 

http://www.bioinfoku.org/db/medsearch.php

 

Keywords

 

medicinal; aromatic; plants; Jammu and Kashmir; India; botanical name; common name; folklore

 

Citation

 

Masood & Shafi, Bioinformation 1(2): 56-57 (2005)

 

Edited by

 

P. Kangueane

 

ISSN

 

0973-2063

Publisher

 

Biomedical Informatics

License

 

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.