Pharmaceutical and biotechnological potential of acorus calamus linn.: An indigenous highly valued medicinal plant species

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Mittal, Neha ^a   Ginwal, H ^a   Varshney, V ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

( Asarone; Acorus calamus; Carcinogenic; Essential oil; Rhizome

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953737039     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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