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Justification of Use of Some Medicinal Plants to Treat Various Diseases in Khulna, Bangladesh

Md. Mehedi Faysal
Pharmacy Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna-9208

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Eleven locally used medicinal plants were selected for an intensive in-depth literature review, the purpose of which was to learn more of their therapeutic activity, local effects and chemical constituents.

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Traditional Use, Major Constituents.

Location: Khulna, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Medicinal Plants, Diseases

Objectives:

Scientific studies have been conducted on only a relatively few medicinal plants, and then only to a superficial extent. In this investigation, 11 locally used plants were selected for an intensive in-depth literature review, the purpose of which was to learn more of their therapeutic activity, local effects and chemical constituents

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A field survey was done during the months of June and July in the Khulna district of Bangladesh and a list of various medicinal plants and their local uses was compiled. A literature review was then initiated in order to learn more of their therapeutic activity and chemical constituents in various journals, books and the Internet. This study provides some fundamental information for researchers.

Source of Information: Ethnobotanical Leaflets 12: 1231-35. 2008.

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Knowledge Management: Journal