Traditional uses and biological activities of Verbascum species

Fabad Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-96

  Tatli, I Irem ^a   Akdemir, Zeliha Ş ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Scrophulariaceae; Traditional medicine; Verbascum species

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149147930     PISSN: 13004182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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