Some anticancer medicinal plants of foreign origin

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 779-783

  Madhuri, S ^a   Pandey, Govind ^b  

^a Model Science College   (India)

^b Government of Madhya Pradesh   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer medicinal plants; Cancer; Foreign origin; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349248479     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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