Bioactive compounds in Chara Corallina var. Wallichii (A. Br.) R. D. Wood (Charophyta)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-31

  Khaliq Uz Zaman, S M ^a   Shameel, Simin ^a   Shameel, Mustafa ^a   Leghari, Sultan Mahmood ^a,b   Ahmad, Viqar Uddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

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