Variations in disease and medicinal plant selection among folk medicinal practitioners: A case study in Jessore district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-291

  Islam, Farhana ^a   Jahan, Farhana Israt ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Malek, Ishita ^a   Nazmus Sadat, A F M ^a   Bhuiyan, Md Shaiful Alam ^a   Swarna, Auditi ^a   Sanam, Sherejad ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Folk medicine; Jessore; Kaviraj; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CAJANUS CAJAN; CURCUMA LONGA; CYNODON DACTYLON; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; VITEX NEGUNDO;

EID: 80052138152     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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