Molluscicides of plant origin: Molluscicidal activity of some Kenyan medicinal plants

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 299-301

  Oketch Rabah, H A ^a   Dossaji, S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

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