Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

INSECTS AND THEIR VENOMS IN TRADITIONAL USE OF MEDICINE-A REVIEW

Sinjini Bose, Soumit Dutta

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Insects and their products have long been in used as traditional medicines in different parts of the globes. Different insects of several orders are used in making medicines or used to treat certain diseases. In Latin America, the common houseflies were used to treat skin infections. In Africa crickets were used to treat foot infections. Use of insects to treat diseases was most prevalent in ancient Asia. Lesser examples were found in case that of Europe.

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Sinjini Bose, Soumit Dutta, INSECTS AND THEIR VENOMS IN TRADITIONAL USE OF MEDICINE–A REVIEW, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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