A pharmacological and phytochemical evaluation of medicinal plants used by the Harbang clan of the Tripura tribal community of Mirsharai area, Chittagong district, Bangladesh

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 769-785

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Rahman, Md Asifur ^a   Hossan, Md Shahadat ^a   Taufiq Ur Rahman, M ^b   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Mollik, Md Ariful Haque ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CAREX PSEUDOCYPERUS EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; COCCINIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; COLOCASIA NYMPHAEIFOLIA EXTRACT; COMBRETUM DECANDRUM EXTRACT; COMMELINA NAIROBIENSIS EXTRACT; CURCULIGO RECURVATA EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; EUPATORIUM ODORATUM EXTRACT; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM EXTRACT; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA EXTRACT; IPOMOEA FISTULOSA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA ADHATODA EXTRACT; KALANCHOE PINNATA EXTRACT; MIKANIA CORDATA EXTRACT; OPUNTIA DILLENII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SPILANTHES ACMELLA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA BELERICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BANGLADESH; BLOATING; BURNING SENSATION; CAREX PSEUDOCYPERUS; COCCINIA GRANDIS; COLOCASIA NYMPHAEIFOLIA; COMBRETUM DECANDRUM; COMMELINA NAIROBIENSIS; COUGHING; CURCULIGO RECURVATA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DANDRUFF; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DOG BITE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EUPATORIUM ODORATUM; FURUNCULOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HELIOTROPIUM INDICUM; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; HORDEOLUM; HUMAN; IPOMEA FISTULOSA; JAUNDICE; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; KALANCHOE PINNATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIKANIA CORDATA; MOUTH LESION; OPUNTIA DILLENII; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCABIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SNAKEBITE; SPILANTHES ACMELLA; STOMACH PAIN; TERMINALIA BELERICA; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WOUND; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77954944245     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0497     Document Type: Article

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