Evaluation of antimycobacterial leishmanicidal and antibacterial activity of three medicinal orchids of Arunachal Pradesh India

摘要

BackgroundThe ethnic population of Arunachal Pradesh uses a number of orchids as such, or in decoction for various ailments. Three untapped orchids namely, Rhynchostylis retusa, Tropidia curculioides and Satyrium nepalense, traditionally used in tuberculosis, asthma and cold stage of malaria in folk medicine, were selected for the present study.