A randomized survey of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners in Dudkandi sub-district of Comilla district, Bangladesh

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Momen, Md Abdul ^a   Rahman, Md Mahbubur ^a   Nasrin, Dilruba ^a   Hossain, Md Shahadat ^a   Khatun, Zubaida ^a   Jahan, Farhana Israt ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Comilla; Daudkandi; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RUTACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 78049302618     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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