Physico-chemical, spectral and thermal characterization of shilajit, a humic substance with medicinal properties

Asian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 209-217

  Agarwal, Suraj P ^a   Khanna, Rajesh ^a,b   Karmarkar, Ritesh ^a   Anwer, Md Khalid ^a   Khar, Roop K ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

1H NMR; DSC; FTIR spectra; Scanning electron microscopy; Shilajit; XRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949120044     PISSN: 09707077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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