A Review of Plants Used in the Treatment of Liver Disease: Part 1

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 410-421

  Luper, Scott ^a  

^a Southwest College Naturopathic Med   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILYMARIN;

HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SILYMARIN;

EID: 0032239998     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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