Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Bangladesh for gastrointestinal disorders

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-156

  Kadir, Mohammad Fahim ^a   Bin Sayeed, Muhammad Shahdaat ^a   Mia, M M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh National Herbarium   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ethnopharmacological survey; Gastrointestinal disorders; Medicinal plants; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ACACIA CATECHU EXTRACT; ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ACORUS CALMUS EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; AVERRHOEA CARAMBOLA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; BUTEA MONOSPERMA EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM EXTRACT; HEDYOTIS CORYMBOSA EXTRACT; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; HEMIGRAPHIS HIRTA EXTRACT; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA EXTRACT; IXORA COCCINEA EXTRACT; KALANCHOE PINNATA EXTRACT; LANNEA COROMANDELICA EXTRACT; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM EXTRACT; MIKANIA CORDATA EXTRACT; MIMOSA PUDICA EXTRACT; MUSA PARADISIACA EXTRACT; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACACIA CATECHU; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACORUS CALMUS; ADULT; AEGLE MARMELOS; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ASTERACEAE; AVERRHOEA CARAMBOLA; BANGLADESH; BASIL; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BETEL NUT; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CAESALPINIACEAE; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM; GUAVA; HEDYOTIS CORYMBOSA; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS; HEMIGRAPHIS HIRTA; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; HUMAN; IXORA COCCINEA; KALANCHOE PINNATA; LANNEA COROMANDELICA; LEMON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALVACEAE; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; MIKANIA CORDATA; MIMOSA PUDICA; MORACEAE; MUSA PARADISIACA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OROXYLUM; OXALIS CORNICULATA; PAPAYA; PIPER BETLE; PIPER LONGUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; PORTULACA OLERACEAE; RADISH; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL HEALER; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEDICINE, UNANI; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876143817     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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