title: MPDB 1.0: a medicinal plant database of Bangladesh.
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.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
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authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Mohammad Arif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Achia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khatun
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Tanzila
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sharmin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Faraid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mobin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Arifur Rahman
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Tanu
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology.
authors.forename: Toufique
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morshed
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Tawkir Ahmad
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Fakir
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Rifat Ara
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Ahm Nurun
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Nabi
keywords: Active agents; Database; MPDB 1.0; Medicinal plants
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