Mountain tea: A new herbal tea from South Africa?

Food Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-49

  Olivier, Jana ^a   Rampedi, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOOD PRODUCTS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PHYLICOIDES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 41149084011     PISSN: 14753324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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