Validation and quality determination of an ethnobotanical lead for osteogenic activity isolated from <i style="">Ulmus wallichiana</i> Planch.: A traditional plant for healing fractured bones

Abstract

<i style="">Ulmus wallichiana</i> is an important traditional and endangered plant species of Western Himalaya, used for treatment of fractured bones in animal as well as in human beings. This paper presents significant ethnobotanical information of <i style="">U. wallichiana</i> collected from folk tradition of remote hilly localities of Almora and Bageshwar districts of Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India. Folk claim is validated through chemical and pharmacological outputs followed by identification and qualitative determination of bioactive compounds.