Pharmacognostic studies on Acrotrema arnottianum wight - A promising ethnomedicinal plant

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-337

  Usha Kumari, J ^a   Navas, M ^a   Dan, Mathew ^a   Rajasekharan, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acrotrema arnottianum; Ethnomedicine; Malavedan tribe; Pharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054008029     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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