Alok Kumar Paul, Craig M. Smith, Mohammed Rahmatullah, Veeranoot Nissapatorn et al.
Opioids are widely used as therapeutic agents against moderate to severe acute and chronic pain. Still, these classes of analgesic drugs have many potential limitations as they induce analgesic tolerance, addiction and numerous behavioural adverse effects that often result in patient non-compliance....
Md Shahadat Hossan, Bipasha Agarwala, Shahnawaz Sarwar, M. M. Karim et al.
The rural population of Bangladesh has traditionally depended on folk medicinal healers for cure of their ailments. These healers use medicinal plants as their primary source of medicinal formulations. Rural patients are more dependent on traditional or folk medicinal healers for cure of urinary tra...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Dilara Ferdausi, AH Mollik, Rownak Jahan et al.
Kavirajes or traditional medicinal practitioners form the primary healthcare providers of the predominantly rural population of Bangladesh. Kavirajes use a variety of medicinal plants for treatment of different ailments. The formulations prepared from medicinal plants vary considerably between Kavir...
Mohammed Ariful Haque Mollik, Md Shahadat Hossan, Alok Kumar Paul, M. Taufiq-ur-Rahman et al.
An ethnomedicinal survey conducted in two sub-districts (upazillas) each of three districts of Bangladesh revealed that there is both inter- and intra-district variation between the choices of medicinal plants selected by folk medicinal healers (kavirajes) to treat any specific ailment. The variatio...
Partha Biswas, Dipta Dey, Polash Kumar Biswas, Tanjim Ishraq Rahaman et al.
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) induce carcinogenesis by causing genetic mutations, activating oncogenes, and increasing oxidative stress, all of which affect cell proliferation, survival, and apoptosis. When compared to normal cells, cancer cells have higher levels of ROS, and they are responsible fo...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Md. Nur Kabidul Azam, Zehedina Khatun, Syeda Seraj et al.
Diabetes mellitus is an endocrinological disorder arising from insulin deficiency or due to ineffectiveness of the insulin produced by the body. This results in high blood glucose and with time, to neurological, cardiovascular, retinal and renal complications. It is a debilitating disease and affect...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Abu Noman, Md Shahadat Hossan, Md. Harun-Or-Rashid et al.
Neha Raina, Rakesh Pahwa, Jaydeep Bhattacharya, Alok Kumar Paul et al.
Hydrogels are a promising and attractive option as polymeric gel networks, which have immensely fascinated researchers across the globe because of their outstanding characteristics such as elevated swellability, the permeability of oxygen at a high rate, good biocompatibility, easy loading, and drug...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, A K Das, M. A. H. Mollik, Rownak Jahan et al.
Primary health-care service is provided to a substantial section of the population of Bangladesh by folk medicinal practitioners known as Kavirajes, who use medicinal plants for treatment of diverse ailments. Since the medicinal plants used by the Kavirajes can vary even between adjoining areas, it ...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Abdulmahdi A. Hasan, W Parvin, M Moniruzzaman et al.
The Santals form the largest tribal community in northern Bangladesh reside primarily in Rajshahi and Rangpur Divisions, where they live in the districts of Rajshahi, Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, and Panchagarh. Although they are fast losing their traditional medicinal practices, they still have t...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Dilara Ferdausi, M. A. H. Mollik, M. N. K. Azam et al.
Traditional or folk medicinal practitioners (Kavirajes) administer primary healthcare to most of the rural population in Bangladesh. They utilize medicinal plants for various formulations to treat diverse ailments. The medicinal plants used by the Kavirajes vary considerably from region to region. T...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Zehedina Khatun, Abdulmahdi A. Hasan, W Parvin et al.
The Pahans and the Telis are two of the smallest indigenous communities in Bangladesh. The Pahans, numbering about 14,000 people are widely scattered in several northern districts of the country, while the Telis are such a small community that nothing has been reported on their numbers and lifestyle...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, M. A. H. Mollik, Md. Khirul Islam, M. R. Islam et al.
Mohammad Humayun Kabir, Nur Hasan, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Md Ashikur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: The number of tribes present within Bangladesh has been estimated to approximate one hundred and fifty. Information on traditional medicinal practices, particularly of the smaller tribes and their clans is lacking. It was the objective of the study to document the tribal medicinal practi...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Kakoli Biswas
Rownak Jahan, Abdullah Al Nahain, Snehali Majumder, Mohammed Rahmatullah
Eclipta alba can be found growing wild in fallow lands of Bangladesh where it is considered as a weed by farmers. Traditional medicinal systems of the Indian subcontinent countries as well as tribal practitioners consider the plant to have diverse medicinal values and use it commonly for treatment o...
Abdullah Al Nahain, Rownak Jahan, Mohammed Rahmatullah
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease particularly affecting elderly people which leads to massive bone destruction with consequent inflammation, pain, and debility. Allopathic medicine can provide only symptomatic relief. However, Zingiber officinale is a plant belonging to the Zingibe...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Ariful Haque Mollik, Md Nasir Ahmed, Zobaer Ahmed Bhuiyan et al.
Folk medicinal practitioners (Kavirajes) of Bangladesh are consulted for treatment of various ailments by a substantial segment of the rural and urban population of the country. The major element that distinguishes the folk medicinal practitioners from other forms of medical practices is their use o...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, M. N. K. Azam, Mizanur Rahman, Syeda Seraj et al.
Folk medicine is a traditional form of medicinal practice in Bangladesh, which is practiced by practitioners who exist both among the mainstream Bengali-speaking population as well as among the various tribes of Bangladesh. The mainstay of the folk medicinal formulations consist of medicinal plants,...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Abdul Momen, Mahbubur Rahman, Dilruba Nasrin et al.