Brine shrimp lethality bioassay of selected Centaurea L. species (Asteraceae)

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-685

  Janackovic P ^a   Tesevic V ^b   Marin, P D ^a   Milosavljevic S ^b   Duletić Laušević, Sonja ^a   Janaćković, Slavica ^a   Veljic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Brine shrimp lethality bioassay; Centaurea; Cnicin; Cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749104734     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS0804681J     Document Type: Article

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