Traditional use of medicinal plants in Bangladesh to treat urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages 61-74

  Hossan, Md Shahadat ^a   Hanif, Abu ^a   Agarwala, Bipasha ^a   Sarwar, Md Shahnawaz ^a   Karim, Masud ^a   Taufiq Ur Rahman, M ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a University of Development Alternative   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 77954101503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.8.0.61-74     Document Type: Article

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