A review on antidepressant plants

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-152

  Dhingra, Dinesh ^a   Sharma, Amandeep ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Herbal medicine; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952290985     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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