Folk medicinal uses of Verbenaceae family plants in Bangladesh.

摘要: Folk medicinal practitioners form the first tier of primary health-care providers to most rural population Bangladesh. They are known locally as Kavirajes and rely almost solely on oral or topical administration whole plants plant parts for treatment various ailments. Also about 2% total Bangladesh scattered among more than twenty tribes residing within country’s borders. The have their own tribal practitioners, who use diseases. objective present survey was conduct an ethnomedicinal determine which species belonging Verbenaceae family used by practitioners. well constituents having important bio-active properties. indicated that 13 8 genera folk A comparison uses along with published reports in scientific literature suggests can potentially be sources lead compounds novel drugs difficult cure debilitating diseases like malaria rheumatoid arthritis.