Anatomical and ultrastuctural observations in hypericum perforatum L. Leaves

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 21-33

  Fornasiero, Roberta Baroni ^a   Bianchi, Alberto ^b   Pinetti, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Medicinal plants; Nodules; Secretory tissues

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SECRETORY CELL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; SAINT JOHNS WORT;

EID: 0031875174     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v05n04_04     Document Type: Article

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