Medicinal species of the Solanaceae family: Primary screening of cytotoxicity

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 501, Issue , 1999, Pages 177-179

  Mongelli, E ^a   Coussio, J ^a   Ciccia, G ^a   Maestri, Damián ^b   Zygadlo, Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antitumoral activity; Argentine plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748647237     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.501.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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