A survey of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners in two villages of Tangail district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-362

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Mollik, Md Ariful Haque ^a   Ahmed, Md Nasir ^a   Bhuiyan, Md Ahmed Zobaer ^a   Hossain, Md Maruf ^a   Azam, Md Nur Kabidul ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^b   Jamal, Farhana ^a   Ahsan, Shamima ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants; Tangail

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 79960454698     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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