Impact of pulicaria incisa, diplotaxis harra and avicennia marina as hypocholesterolemic agent

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Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 320-327

  Amer, Mohamed Mostafa Afify ^a   Ramadan, Mohamed Fawzy ^a   El Gleel, Waleed Abd ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Diplotaxis harra; Hypocholesterolemia; Medicinal plants; Pulicaria incisa

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; DIPLOTAXIS HARRA; PULICARIA INCISA; RATTUS;

EID: 34547495271     PISSN: 00120413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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