Brine shrimp bioassay of some species of Solanum from Northestern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Silva, Tania Maria S ^a   Nascimento, Roberto Jefferson B ^b   Batista, Michelle M ^b   Agra, Maria F ^b   Camara, Celso A ^c  

^a Campus Avançado Anisio Teixeira   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artemia salina; Bioactivity; Brine shrimp; Solanaceae; Solarium

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047103335     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2007000100008     Document Type: Article

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