A selection of medicinal plants used as blood purifiers by folk medicinal practitioners of Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-194

  Akter, Shakila ^c   Das, Protiva Rani ^c   Islam, Md Tabibul ^c   Kabir, Mohammad Humayun ^c   Haque, Md Megbahul ^c   Khatun, Zubaida ^c   Nurunnabi, Md ^a   Khatun, Zehedina ^a   Lee, Yong Kyu ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Blood purifier; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; FABACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 84872720619     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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