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Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Moth bean in English is the name of a plant defined with Vigna aconitifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dolichos dissectus Lam. (among others).
2) Moth bean is also identified with Vigna adenantha It has the synonym Phaseolus senegalensis Guill. & Perr. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1940)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Revista Brasileira de Genética (1995)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1982)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique (1969)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
A comparitive analytical study to assess the nutritional value of palalam (laddu) prepared individually from tila (black sesame), mudga (green gram), canaka (bengal gram), makushthaka (moth < [2020, Issue 6, June]
Shimbhi dhanya varga (group of legumes and pulses): a preventive and curative perspective < [2014, Issue VI Nov-Dec]
Parikartika: case study < [2022, Issue 12 December]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Flooding's impact on antioxidants in Vigna and Portulaca. < [2016: Volume 5, July issue 7]
Flooding's impact on root, shoot, and root-shoot ratio of Vigna and Portulaca. < [2018: Volume 7, February issue 3]
"Know pulses and cereals before eating: a review on shimbi and shuka." < [2021: Volume 10, June special issue 7]
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Pathya Apathya in modern era and its special emphasis on Santarpanjanya Vyadhi < [Volume 11, issue 3 (2023)]
Therapeutic applications of various yusha kalpana: a critical review < [Volume 4, issue 6 (2016)]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 4 - The therapeutics of Hemothermia (raktapitta-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) � Section on Therapeutics]
Effect of Macrotyloma uniflorum on bile lithogenicity in mice. < [Volume 33 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 2014]