Echinacea

Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 177-187

  Bauer, Rudolf ^a   Woelkart, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1081/E-EDS-120022101     Document Type: Chapter

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