Past Publications

• Ragupathy, S. and S.G. Newmaster. 2009. Valorizing the 'Irulas' traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the Kodiakkarai Reserve Forest, India. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 5:10
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• Newmaster, G.S. and S. Ragupathy. 2009. Ethnobotany Genomics – Use of DNA Barcoding to Explore Cryptic Diversity in Economically Important Plants. Indian Journal of Science and Technology.
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• Ragupathy, S. S.G. Newmaster, M. Murugesan and V. Balasubramanian. 2008. Consensus of the 'Malasars' traditional aboriginal knowledge of medicinal plants in the Velliangiri holy hills, India. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 4:8
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• Ragupathy, S., S.G. Newmaster, P. Gopi and C. Newmaster. 2007. Exploring Ethnobiological Classifications for Novel Alternative Medicine: A case study of Cardiospermum halicacabum L. (Modakathon, Balloon Vine) as a traditional herb for treating arthritis. Ethnobotany.19: 1-20.
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• Newmaster, S.G., Ragupathy, S., Balasubramaniyan, N.C., Ivanoff, R.F. 2007. The Multi-Mechanistic Taxonomy of the Irulas in Tamil Nadu, South India. J Ethnobiol. 27(2):233-255.
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• Newmaster, S.G., S.Ragupathy and R.I. Becca and C.B. Nirmala. 2006. Mechanisms of ethnobiological classifications. Ethnobotany 18(1&2):4-26.
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