A pharmacological evaluation of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners of station Purbo Para village of Jamalpur Sadar Upazila in Jamalpur District, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-195

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^a,b   Jahan, Farhana Israt ^a   Azad, A K ^a   Bashar, A B M Anwarul ^a   Miajee, Z U M Emdad Ullah ^a   Ahsan, Shamima ^a   Nahar, Nusratun ^a   Ahmad, Ishtiaq ^a   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

^c NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Jamalpur sadar; Medicinal plants; Pharmacological actvity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049258851     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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