Microscopy techniques for the identification and authentication of botanicals

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 720, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-79

  Joshi, Vaishali C ^a   Khan, Ikhlas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscope; Light microscope; Medicinal plants; Phase contrast microscope; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846062541     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.720.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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