Swertia chirayita - An overview

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-640

  Joshi, P ^a   Dhawan, V ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amarogentin; Bitter; Hypoglycemic; Swerchirin; Swertia chirayita

Indexed keywords

SWERTIA;

EID: 31744442335     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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