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Ethanobotany is a recent branch of Life science leading to various disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, botany, ecology, economics and medicine, religious, cultural and several other
disciplines. Seeing the Indian history it is found that Ayurveda plays major role in our country, herbal drugs are found to used very popularly not only in India but worldwide it is accepted. Today
Ayurveda and scientific investigations are going hand in hand and working for new achievements. Turmeric (Curcuma longa and Curcuma aromatica Salisb.) has been described in Ayurveda, as
treatment inflammatory diseases and is referred by different names in different cultures, active principle called Curcumin or diferuloylmethane, a yellow pigment present in turmeric (curry powder)

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