Investigatins of Essential Oil and N-Hexane Extract of Elletaria cardamomum Seed

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-375

  Sokkar, N M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antihepatotoxicity; Elletaria cardamomum; Essential oil; Liver protection; N hexane extract

Indexed keywords

ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; RATTUS;

EID: 77953386749     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2008.10643642     Document Type: Article

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