An ethnomedicinal survey of medicinal plants used as food supplements by the Chakma tribe of Bandarban district, Bangladesh

Journal of Phytomedicine and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-16

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Hanif, Abu ^a   Hossan, Shahadat ^a   Rahman, Taufiq ^b   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^c   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Mollik, Md Ariful Haque ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chakma tribe; Ethnopharmacology; Food supplements; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; COCCINIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; FERULIC ACID; MANGIFERA INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEGLE; AEGLE MARMELOS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BARK; COCCINIA GRANDIS; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTEROPATHY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; FRUIT; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; LIVER DISEASE; MANGIFERA LONGIPES; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA NOUCHALI; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCURVY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 79551539881     PISSN: 11181028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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