Comparative study of moisture content of herbal plant used in the bone disease in Ranchi district of Jharkhand

Soni kumari^a* & Kunul Kandir^a
*^aUniversity Department of Botany , Ranchi University Ranchi, (Jharkhand), India

Received 12th June, 2012; Revised 18th August, 2012

Abstract : The present paper deals with the comparison of the moisture content of some flowering plants commonly used by the tribal communities of Jharkhand to cure bone diseases. Bone disease is the major problem of in India and all over the world some common plant like, Cissus quadrangularis, Nyctanthus aborb-tristis, Tinospora cordifolia, and Vitex nigundo are used in the bone disease.
Key words: Moisture content ethnomedicinal plants, tribal communities, bone disease.