A randomized survey of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal healers of Sylhet division, Bangladesh

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-62

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b   Morshed, Niaj ^a   Neogi, Prashanta Kumar ^a   Khan, Sadar Uddin Ahmed ^a   Hossan, Md Shahadat ^a   Mahal, Mostafi Jumrut ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants; Sylhet

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; RUTACEAE;

EID: 77954132736     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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