Revitalizing Indian systems of herbal medicine by the National Medicinal Plants Board through institutional networking and capacity building

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 797-806

  Kala, Chandra Prakash ^a   Sajwan, Bikram Singh ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Herbal medicine; Institutional networking; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348813750     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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