Database on
Medicinal Plants
“Comprehensive Database on Some Important Medicinal Plants having
Central Council for research in Ayurvedic Sciences successesfully
and the data have been displayed in the form of an e-portal entitled “
Database on MedicinalPlants” . Afore mentioned e-portal is uploaded on webpage http//:www.nmpb-mpdb.nic.in
with the consultation of National Informatics Centre (NIC). Keeping in the mind for all
type of searcher, the information in prepared e-portal regarding authors, title of the article,
book / journal name, publisher, volume, page no., year etc. for all collected references is fed
with user-friendly search option with necessary hyperlinks to guide further.
Nearly 33,700 references are collected pertaining to the 16 selected medicinal plants. Out of
these, approximately 22,000 reprints / abstracts could so far have been collected. Collected
data includes the classical literature from Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy system
of medicine as well as modern literature from various books and journals covering basic and
applied science like Botany, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, etc. and medicine.
The e-portal “Database on Medicinal Plants” will act as a common platform at which
maximum possible published information on a particular medicinal plant can be accessed.
High Trade
Value” a project sponsored by National Medicinal Plants Board, Department of AYUSH
has been executed by
