A survey of medicinal plant usage by folk medicinal practitioners in seven villages of Ishwardi Upazilla, Pabna District, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Hasan, Mohammad Mehedi ^a   Annay, Eashmat Ara ^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

Bangladesh; Folk medicine; Ishwardi; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ARACEAE; ASTERACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENISPERMACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 79960443038     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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