Plants prescribed for both preventive and therapeutic purposes by the traditional healers of the bede community residing by the turag river, dhaka district

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-331

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Ishika, Tasneema ^a   Rahman, Mehreen ^a   Swarna, Auditi ^a   Khan, Tania ^a   Monalisa, Mirza Nipa ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Mou, Sadia Moin ^a   Mahal, Mostafi Jumrut ^a   Biswas, Kakoli Rani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bedes; Leafy vegetables; Traditional medicine; Turag

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755171287     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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