Acanthaceae and Asteraceae family plants used by folk medicinal practitioners for treatment of malaria in Chittagong and Sylhet Divisions of Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 146-152

  Islam, Md Tabibul ^a   Das, Protiva Rani ^a   Kabir, Mohammad Humayun ^a   Akter, Shakila ^a   Khatun, Zubaida ^a   Haque, Md Megbahul ^a   Roney, Md Saiful Islam ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; Asteraceae; Bangladesh; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ASTERACEAE; BLUMEA LACERA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; JUSTICIA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; JUSTICIA AUREA; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; SIEGESBECKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 84872690538     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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