Piper betle Linn. A maligned pan-asiatic plant with an array of pharmacological activities and prospects for drug discovery

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 922-932

  Kumar, Nikhil ^a   Misra, Pragya ^b   Dube, Anuradha ^b   Bhattacharya, Shailja ^b   Dikshit, Madhu ^b   Ranade, Shirish ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chewing; Drug discovery; Pharmacological activity; Piper betle

Indexed keywords

PIPER BETLE;

EID: 78249257761     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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