MPDB 1.0: a medicinal plant database of Bangladesh |
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| Authors: | Mohammad Arif Ashraf Achia Khatun Tanzila Sharmin Faraid Mobin Arifur Rahman Tanu Toufique Morshed Tawkir Ahmad Fakir Rifat Ara Begum AHM Nurun Nabi |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh;2.Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology;3.Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Abstract: | The term of medicinal plants include a various types of plants used in herbalism with medicinal activities. These plants are
considered as rich resources of ingredients which can be used as complementary and alternative medicines and, also in drug
developments and synthesis. In addition, some plants regarded as valuable origin of nutrition. Thus, all these plants are
recommended as therapeutic agents. Information related to medicinal plants and herbal drugs accumulated over the ages are
scattered and unstructured which make it prudent to develop a curated database for medicinal plants. MPDB 1.0 database is
dedicated to provide the first window to find the plants around Bangladesh claimed to have medicinal and/or nutritive values by
accumulating data from the published literatures. This database contains 406 medicinal plants with their corresponding scientific,
family and local names as well as utilized parts for treatment from different districts of Bangladesh. Information regarding
ailments is available for 353 plants. In addition, we have found active compounds for 78 plants with their corresponding PubMed
ID.Availabilitywww.medicinalplantbd.net |
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| Keywords: | Medicinal plants Database MPDB 1 0 Active agents |
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