Preparation and characterization of a mercury based Indian traditional drug- Ras-Sindoor

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-351

  Singh, Sunil Kumar ^a   Chaudhary, Anand ^b   Rai, D K ^a   Rai, S B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic drug; Bhasma; Ras sindoor; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951675171     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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