Antidiarrhoeal and antioxidant properties of Curcuma alismatifolia leaves

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-456

  Akter, Raushanara ^a   Raquibul Hasan, S R ^a   Hossain, M Mokarram ^a   Jamila, Mariam ^b   Chowdhury, S Sultana ^a   Mazumder, M E H ^c,d   Rahman, Shafiqur ^e  

^a STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

^b Department of Business Administration   (Bangladesh)

^c JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidiarrhoeal property; Antioxidant; Curcuma alismatifolia; Medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952982639     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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