Actividad gastrointestinal del extracto acuoso bruto de Quassia amara (Simarubaceae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-210

  Badilla, Beatriz ^a   Miranda, Tatiana ^a   Mora, Gerardo ^a   Vargas, Kattia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Anti ulcerogenic activity; Gastrointestinal activity; Medicinal plants; Phytopharmacology; Quassia amara

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346388764     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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