Effects of aqueous tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus, extract on lipid and coagulatory parameters in rats

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 233, 1999, Pages 137-141

  Yazdanparast, R ^a   Saee, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Artemisia dracunculus; Lipids; Tarragon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242017     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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