Antioxidant Properties of Select Indian Medicinal Plants in Relation to Their Therapeutic Effects

Molecular Interventions in Lifestyle-Related Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 303-318

  Tilak, J C ^a   Adhikari, S ^a   Lakshmi, B ^b   Janardhanan, K ^b   De vasagayam, T P A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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