A comparative analysis of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal healers in villages adjoining the Ghaghot, Bangali and Padma rivers of Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-85

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Mollik, Md Ariful Haque ^a   Harun or Rashid, Md ^a   Tanzin, Rabiea ^a   Ghosh, Khokon Chandra ^a   Rahman, Habibur ^a   Alam, Jobaer ^a   Faruque, Md Omar ^a   Hasan, Md Mahamudul ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangali river; Folk medicine; Ghaghot river; Padma river

Indexed keywords

HELIOTROPIUM; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; PIPER LONGUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 77954132998     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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