A survey on the use of medicinal plants by folk medicinal practitioners in three areas of Pirojpur District, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-259

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Haque, Md Rezwanul ^a   Islam, Sarder Kamrul ^a   Jamal, Farhana ^a   Bashar, A B M Anwarul ^a   Ahmed, Rasheda ^a   Ahmed, Ishtiaq ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Ahsan, Shamima ^a   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants; Pirojpur

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; ASTERACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RUTACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 78049299143     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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