A survey of medicinal plant usage by folk medicinal practitioners in two villages by the Rupsha river in Bagerhat district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Mollik, Md Ariful Haque ^a   Hassan, Ibna Azmal ^a   Paul, Tridib Kumar ^a   Sintaha, Mariz ^a   Khaleque, Himel Nahreen ^a   Noor, Farjana Akther ^a   Nahar, Aynun ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^b   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

Bagerhat; Bangladesh; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COMBRETACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FISTULA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 79960437966     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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