Preventive medicinal plants consumed by the rural population of Bangladesh - A randomized survey of Silakhana village in Bagerhat district

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 276-280

  Paul, Anita ^a   Md Arif, Hasan Al ^b   Islam, Muhammad Tazul ^a   Biswas, Sujit ^b   Arif, Sadique Mohammad ^b   Arifuzzaman, Sarder ^b   Paul, Alok Kumar ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Functional food; Preventive medicinal plants; Silakhana

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874629403     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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