The medicinal qualities of Moringa oleifera

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-87

  Posmontier, Bobbie ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; complementary and alternative medicine; Moringa oleifera; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79952294915     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e31820dbb27     Document Type: Review

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