Review on ethnomedicinal uses and phytopharmacology of memory boosting herb Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy

Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Sethiya, Neeraj K ^a,b   Mishra, S H ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b GH Patel Pharmacy Building   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Brain tonic; Rasayana; Shankhpushpi

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950924683     PISSN: 10338330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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