Phytochemical and antimalarial studies on Swertia alata Royle

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 675, Issue , 2005, Pages 139-145

  Karan, Maninder ^a   Bhatnagar, S ^a   Wangtak, P ^a   Vasisht, K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

In vitro test; In vivo test; Plant extracts; Xanthones

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749142726     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.675.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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