Phenolics content in Astragalus species

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-289

  Niknam, V ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

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