An overview of the medicinal plants of Turkey

Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Medicinal Plants

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 181-206

  Ozturk, Munir ^a   Gucel, Salih ^b   Altundag, Ernaz ^c   Mert, Tuba ^a   Gork, Cigdem ^d   Gork, Guven ^d   Akcicek, Eren ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

HAMILTONS; HUMAN BEING; MEDICINAL PLANTS; NEANDERTHALS; PLANT SPECIES;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 80051930094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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