Effect of spacing and fertilization on the yield and active constituents of milk thistle, silybum marianum

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 17-23

  Omer, E A ^a   Refaat, A M ^a   Ahmed, S S ^a   Kamel, A ^a   Hammouda, F M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Flavonolignans; Nitrogen; Plant spacing; Potassium; Seed yield; Silicristin; Silidianin; Silybin; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012870621     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v01n04_04     Document Type: Article

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