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Lokendra Singh, Preeti Vats and Ranjana, Doon (P.G.) Paramedical College, Dehradun
Abstract: Dwindling ethnicity in states in question and renaissance of traditional knowledge and phytotherapy especially in AYUSH systems of alternative medicine have prompted the authors to document the present scenario of traditional knowledge for the benefit of new researchers and technothirsty Herbalists because despite recognition of 175 medicinal species in
Uttarakhand alone, there remains untapped reservoir of various phytochemicals awaiting intensive investigation for their biological activity based on existing pool of traditional knowledge which is being documented in present communication.
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