A survey of medicinal plants used by the folk medicinal practitioners of Shetabganj Village in Dinajpur District, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-203

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Islam, Tabibul ^a   Hasan, Md Ehasanul ^a   Ahmed, Rasheda ^a   Jamal, Farhana ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b   Nahar, Nusratun ^a   Ahsan, Shamima ^a   Nahar, Aynun ^a   Ahmad, Ishtiaq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Dinajpur; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants; Shetabganj

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 78049304766     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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